Meet Hachiko- Loyal Friend And National Treasure
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3 min readDec 9, 2021
Hachiko is a national treasure in Japan. The Akita, a symbol of friendship and loyalty, is memorialized in a bronze statue at Shibuya Station in Tokyo. The statue was erected in 1934 — was melted down for metal during the war and replaced with the one we know today.
I worked in Shibuya for several years and walked by Hachiko every day on my way to work. My office was across from…
