81-year old rare photo of Hachiko – found!

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The article: http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2015/11/81-year-old-rare-photo-of-the-famous-hachiko-found/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork

Waiting for the Professor at Shibuya Train Station.

Salute! Man’s best friend…always!

The photo was taken by Isamu Yamamoto, who has also since passed away. Yamamoto’s family came across the photo while cleaning Yamamoto’s former home.  It is a unique photo to be sure.

Most photos of Hachiko depict him with other people, or are a close-up.  This is a photo of the whole scene as it happened, all the way back in the 1934.  A statue commemorating the heroic dog’s loyalty has been erected in that same spot you see in the photo.  Hachiko is a bit of a local legend, and a world wide sensation.

“Hachiko was a familiar sight to those living near Shibuya Station.  I hope the photo my father took will be preserved carefully,” Yamamoto’s daughter, Yoko Imamura said.