Hachikō: A True Story of Loyalty | Wander in Japan

💔 You can visit Hachikō’s statue at Shibuya Station in Tokyo (Hachiko Square, 2 Chome-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya City, Tokyo). The story of Hachikō is one of loyalty, love, and heartbreaking loss. In the 1920s, a professor named Hidesaburō Ueno from the University of Tokyo adopted a small Akita puppy, Hachikō. They quickly formed a deep bond. Every morning, Hachikō would accompany Ueno to Shibuya Station and return in the evening to greet him. But on May 21, 1925, everything changed. Hachikō escorted