Hindi na bago sa karamihan ang kuwento ng aso na si Hachiko— ang aso na matiyagang naghintay sa pagbalik ng kanyang amo sa Shibuya station sa Japan sa loob ng sampung taon. Pero alam na nga ba natin ang buo niyang kuwento?
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00:00 In Tokyo, Hachiko has another monument with his human, Professor Ueno,
00:09 in a meeting that symbolizes their reunion.
00:15 It can be found at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Agriculture where the professor taught.
00:26 According to Professor Masaru Mizuguchi, it also symbolizes the contributions of Professor Ueno in Japan as an agricultural scientist.
00:38 According to the story, Hachiko came to the house of Professor Ueno in January 1924.
00:59 Firstly, Hachiko was weak, not so strong body.
01:10 He had not so strong body.
01:13 So always Professor Ueno was taking care of Hachiko's health.
01:22 Sometimes, almost every night, Professor Ueno held Hachiko and slept together on the futon, Japanese bed.
01:37 So I heard that Professor Ueno is always taking care of Hachiko very much.
01:52 Professor Ueno named Hachiko as "Hachi" in Alaga.
01:56 The meaning of their language is number 8, which is a lucky number.
02:05 (Announcement)
02:10 In Ueno Park, Tokyo, I also went to the National Museum of Nature and Science
02:29 where I saw Hachi's preserved body.
02:52 For those who know Hachiko from movies or pictures on the internet,
02:59 it feels different to see the actual image of Hachi.
03:06 What's fun about this museum is that you can see Hachi when he was still alive, from 1920s to 1930s.
03:15 Because the shape of his body and the hair, that's really him.
03:20 (Announcement)
03:23 Because the house is just near Shibuya Station,
03:27 Professor Ueno often let Hachiko take care of the place, especially when there's no entrance to the university.
03:36 But one day in May 1925, while teaching in class,
03:43 Professor Ueno got a cerebral hemorrhage.
03:48 And Hachi was waiting for his teacher, who never came.
03:54 In some of Hachiko's pictures, you can see his left ear is open after he fought with other dogs.
04:07 I heard that his left ear was bitten by a wild dog.
04:18 After Professor Ueno passed away, Hachiko went to other owners.
04:27 At that time, a wild dog bit his ear.
04:33 That's the reason why his ear is down.
04:38 In the following years, after Professor Ueno passed away, Hachiko became a stray dog.
04:46 Some of them became a nightmare for a dog who suddenly lost his family.
04:53 Some children hit Hachiko and some drew something on his face.
05:02 So always, Hachiko was mischieved by other people.
05:10 But in this museum, his ear is up because they want to show Hachi's dignity as a pure Akita dog.
05:27 You can also see the original harness where Hachi's name is engraved.
05:34 The name and address of Kikusaburo Kobayashi, the gardener of the Ueno family, is written on the metal plate.
05:44 He was the first to tame a dog.
05:47 Based on the story, even though someone came to Hachi, he still put it around Shibuya Station as if he was waiting.
05:57 In 1932, 7 years after Professor Ueno passed away, Hachi's story came out in a newspaper.
06:09 And that's where his fame started.
06:12 In other words, Hachi went viral.
06:16 I believe that Shibuya wasn't particularly famous during the Showa era in the 10s and 20s.
06:26 Hachiko's story gained attention in the newspapers, gradually becoming more widely known.
06:31 And that's when Hachiko's popularity increased.
06:33 The article published in the Asahi Shimbun magazine contains details about a dog that was abandoned at Shibuya Station
06:45 because it was waiting for its owner to return.
06:49 Many people sympathized and supported this.
06:52 In the Akita Prefecture,
06:57 a reporter posted an article about the Hachi activity.
07:15 When you go to Shibuya Station, sometimes you can see a big dog.
07:27 That dog's owner was Professor Ueno.
07:33 And that dog, every day, was waiting for Professor Ueno.
07:43 He didn't know that Professor Ueno passed away.
07:48 But every day, that big dog was waiting.
07:58 Hachiko was noticed by many people during this time,
08:03 along with other people who were living there.
08:07 In this part of his life, the "ko" was added at the end of his name,
08:14 which is why he became Hachiko.
08:16 This is a sign of respect from the public towards him.
08:21 (music)
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