Paper Parrot(@paperparrot_):Hachikō The dog who waited for his human at Shibuya Station for almost ten years was born 103 years ago this month. Not in Tokyo. On a farm in Ōdate, in November 1923. A year later, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno brought the Akita puppy home to Shibuya. Every evening, Hachikō met him at Shibuya Station. Then, on May 21, 1925, Ueno never came home. He had died at work that day, of a cerebral haemorrhage. Hachikō didn't know. So he went back to the station the next day. And the next. For nine years, nine months and 15 days. He died on March 8, 1935, still waiting. Today, a bronze statue stands where he waited and people still meet there, under his name. What would you wait nine years for?

2026.11.11 11:06

Hachikō The dog who waited for his human at Shibuya Station for almost ten years was born 103 years ago this month. Not in Tokyo. On a farm in Ōdate, in November 1923. A year later, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno brought the Akita puppy home to Shibuya. Every evening, Hachikō met him at Shibuya Station. Then, on May 21, 1925, Ueno never came home. He had died at work that day, of a cerebral haemorrhage. Hachikō didn't know. So he went back to the station the next day. And the next. For nine years, nine months and 15 days. He died on March 8, 1935, still waiting. Today, a bronze statue stands where he waited and people still meet there, under his name. What would you wait nine years for?