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The bronze statue represents Hachiko, an Akita pet dog belonging to one Professor Ueno back in the early s in Tokyo. Hachiko would wait at the station for him to return from work, a daily routine that continued for a year. In , Professor Ueno suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and passed away without returning to Shibuya Station, but Hachiko continued to wait at the station for 9 years, 9 months and 15 days afterwards before its own demise. The story so touched the nation that a bronze statue of Hachiko was erected at Shibuya Station in , and re-made in after the war.

The meeting point Today Hachiko serves as a meeting point in the swarming Shibuya district. Its story has twice been made into a movie: Hachiko Monogatari , a Japanese movie released in ; Hachi , an American movie made in By Kanpai Updated on July 07, Hachiko.

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