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Hachiko, whose birth centenary is this week, belonged to university professor Hidesaburo Ueno. The faithful hound would wait at Shibuya station for his master to come home every day.

Not only Hachi, but all dogs, are like this. It is unconditional and absolute love.” Since the 1990s, a succession of high-rise buildings have been constructed around Shibuya Station.

He was accompanied to Shibuya station by his three dogs, including Hachiko. The trio would then wait there for his return in the evening. On 21 May 1925, Ueno, then 53, died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Hachiko’s legend inspired a 2009 Hollywood movie starring Richard Gere as well as an Indian film in 2015, while also featuring in a Japanese video game. Not all Tokyoites know the story, however.

Hachiko, whose birth centenary is this week, belonged to university professor Hidesaburo Ueno. The faithful hound would wait at Shibuya station for his master to come home every day.

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Hachiko, whose birth centenary is this week, belonged to university professor Hidesaburo Ueno. The faithful hound would wait at Shibuya station for his master to come home every day.

Hachiko, whose birth centenary is this week, belonged to university professor Hidesaburo Ueno. The faithful hound would wait at Shibuya station for his master to come home every day. Ueno died ...