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Jan 18, 2025 6:56 PM
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IKindaLikeImgurAlot
Don’t do us like that. 😢
Niagaran
The dog kept waiting even after he (the dog, from the sentence structure) had passed away
SteveTheEgg
The town next to my hometown had a very similar story about Shep, a farmers dog, who after the farmer died and was taken by railroad, returned to the station everyday.
Stumpkiller
Good boy. 😢
feetabee24
God is dog spelled backwards!
249bE35thSt
We do not deserve dogs.
ninjarnia
So the dog's name was Hachi and the ko is added as a sort of honorific kind of like "duke"
eggsnatcher
We don't deserve pets
SkinnyChubbyChaser
Another good boi was Greyfriars Bobby. A skye terrier who stood by his master's, John Grays grave for 14 years. He has a statue in Edinburgh. Good dogs, both of 'em.
Pelikanmutationsgesang
23/10 most best boy
ShadeMeadowsArt
Okay.
I will cry now.
loungeking1
metalrulercid
Just look at the level of respect and the sense of reverence. We so do not deserve dogs. :'(
FavaBeansAndChianti
One of the few movies I have seen a few times, and now cannot watch because of the heartbreak it invokes. Everyone wishes for a connection this strong and devoted.
TsubakiTragic
I've been fortunate to holiday twice in Japan and to this day the statue of Hachiko outside Shibuya Rail Station is "favourited" on my phone's map app. It was from this starting point my exploration of Japan always commenced.
eromitlab
knexusatx
Lovingimpaler
Always upvote goodest boy Hachi!
userfriendly19777
Solkanarmy
it's not that hard to wait somewhere once you've passed away, just saying
Feralkyn
Iirc he was gray/white
FelonyFerret
makeamericasmartagain9000
DignamWhenAskedaQuestion
i watched the movie, the one with Richard Gere. I am only going to watch just that one time. Can not do it a second time.
corgimas
I was literally down the street during much of the filming! Bristol Rhode Island!
butnoelephants
I thought I might die watching that movie. I could not breathe from crying and literally felt my heart breaking. Sometimes when I feel dead inside I think about watching it again. But probably not.
the1theycallGreen
Hachi: A Dog's Tale is legitimately one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. Just a grown man on the couch ugly crying
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Shut up, you're rying.
sirava
Really? Going use this moment for a racist joke?
HonHomes
they just typo'ed "crying", calm down
sirava
If that's the case I'll take my downvotes and apologize.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
That I admitted to crying over the death of a loyal dog? It's not racist, and it's not joke. I love dogs.
sirava
I thought you were going for an old racist joke. I apologize for assuming that and for accusing you of such a thing.
Gippo53
A rare 1934 photo of Hachiko.
theinternetkeepsmealive
Poor baby
Gippo53
Shibuya Station 1933.
Gippo53
Gippo53
RElGNMAN
JonWallace1985
Nose and paws oily and shiny from continual pets I see.
DonalDangerMaher
They had a custom made Japanese rugby shirt on him for the rugby World Cup. I have pictures somewhere but maximum effort to find one.
Kegmoisking
Couldn’t find a jersey but….
https://www.amazon.com/Japan-Hachiko-Loyalty-Symbol-T-shirt/dp/B07K6NXWNP
Vergenbuurg
I learned of that statue, and the story behind it, from its use as a go-to "meeting up" point for the characters from an anime series. https://youtu.be/EaIbQro_mbs (First appears at the 0:56 mark)
shitheadtookmyname
It really is. When I lived in Japan we used it as our meetup point in the area
Martraxz
You also walk by it all the time in persona 5
Indevious
Theres also a statue in woonsocket r.i. cause a movie was filmed there
letmesetthisstraight
lol I was just gonna say that, that building is my office!
letmesetthisstraight
Let me clarify, the literal train station is my office, well field office.
GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
AllMyPain
I expected the dog would reply and voiced by Seinfeld
MultiFacets
"If Hachiko must wait, then Hachiko must wait."
LadyNetrex
This damn movie! Philadelphia was the saddest movie I had seen until I saw this one.
GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
I can't even think about it without getting a little choked up. The only other movie that can do that to me is Grave Of The Fireflies.
LadyNetrex
I must check that one out.
GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
Prepare yourself. It's a great film, but I can't watch it again.
CP3oh
Apparently they "preserved his pelt" and taxidermied him. There's a weird fact I just learned.
dedpaen
“Hey Roy, where’s Trigger?”
Feralkyn
Yeah, he's listed as white too so I'm not sure why someone went to the trouble of colorizing the picture without, like... just looking this up first lol. They made him Shiba colored. Admittedly plenty of Akita Inu ARE red/cream but he was just white
monkeybasketball
My mom wanted to make our family’s late Corgi into a footstool after she died. I’m still not sure if she was totally kidding.
Hurch
Well this is unsettling. I like the statue, but I don't like this. In my opinion, it lacks the respect the animal deserved.
rowanww822000
There are collections of full body human skins that are tanned and stretched over frames in Japan.
There could be a slightly different cultural opinion to taxidermy that we are not accustomed to.
Dedmunkey
I feel same. A bit disrespectful. Very disrespectful.😞
Targe0
At least they did a good job of it. Not all taxidermied animals can say the same.
Dedmunkey
No taxidermied animal say anything
Targe0
Sounds like you have never seen an animatronic one, then.
spitfires2000
LaszloCravensworth
I'm not crying you're crying
SmashedYourGlasses
Get. Out.
aabcdort
Kyen155
opus68
FelonyFerret
mt77932
DrSharkbite
linexnewt
I knew some motherfucker would post this
TeaOverdose
For a thousand summers
MoeMoep
tombeithemist
MoeMoep
knexusatx
Hahaha, ya beat me by a minute
HawkmanXLII
But there's 7 minutes between your comments.
Whyyeah
thats weird its only a minute on mine