Life cannot be captured. Human heart cannot be captured. The moment of creation itself is fleeting.

#f087de62 / read by VIVEK-96

Hachi? Hachi? Oh, old thing! You're still waiting.

#e6f229db / read by VIVEK-96

Ronnie, actually, Hachi found your grandfather.

#de7e113c / read by VIVEK-96

Today, a bronze statue of Hachiko sits in his waiting spot outside the Shibuya railroad station.

#d943beab / read by VIVEK-96

But if Hachiko wants to wait, then Hachiko should wait.

#d6d675bb / read by VIVEK-96

But no matter how, Hachi was lost.

#d232588e / read by Sivakumar-51

Everyone called Hachi a mystery dog because they never really knew where he came from.

#d078bac6 / read by Sivakumar-51

I'm a lot older than you but I tend to think that there's an element of music that cannot be captured.

#cf509910 / read by VIVEK-96

Hachi, my friend, Parker is never coming home.

#c9960ae8 / read by Sivakumar-51

Where did Grandpa find Hachi?

#bd1b89d3 / read by Sivakumar-51

It's been a while.

#bd1333cd / read by Sivakumar-51

It's been a while.

#bd1333cd / read by VIVEK-96

He would make a great guard dog for you.

#b6fa227e / read by Sivakumar-51

If it's all right, could I wait with you for the next train?

#b5386ceb / read by VIVEK-96

They taught me the meaning of loyalty.

#b454b77b / read by VIVEK-96

He's got hot dogs in there that are older than you.

#afb6c33b / read by Sivakumar-51

I prefer cash.

#a8f17570 / read by Sivakumar-51

When his master, Dr. Eisaburo Ueno, a professor at Tokyo University died in May, 1925, Hachi returned to the Shibuya train station the next day, and for the next nine years to wait.

#a7e1f4b9 / read by Varsha-55

He was really brave to sail in such a tiny ship over a really big ocean.

#a7bd7e88 / read by Sivakumar-51

But when I hear about him and Hachi, I feel like I know him.

#a3ae6d81 / read by Sivakumar-51

Hey. You know we love you, Hachi.

#90908c4d / read by Sivakumar-51

Hachiko died died in March, 1934.

#87bf838e / read by Sivakumar-51

Maybe Hachi escaped from a dog pound.

#8774c5a6 / read by VIVEK-96

So even if Columbus got lost and wasn't the first to discover America, he's still my hero.

#7f11ce42 / read by Chethan-21

We want you to stay here with us.

#7e36a202 / read by Sivakumar-51

The real Hachiko was born in Odate Japan in 1923.

#7b725495 / read by Sivakumar-51

Look, you don't have to wait anymore. He's not coming back.

#74c92074 / read by Sivakumar-51

It's been a year, hasn't it?

#6fc435c0 / read by VIVEK-96

It's ten years. Can you believe it?

#69ed6626 / read by Sivakumar-51

If you have to go... that's okay too. Good-bye, Hachi.

#60c0c96b / read by Sivakumar-51

I wake up sometimes in the middle of the night and think about Parker.

#59c44228 / read by VIVEK-96

Hachiko was my grandfather Wilson's dog.

#4f1aca6c / read by Musaib-53

A guard dog to guard the hot dogs? I don't think so.

#4c5681fc / read by Chethan-21

You want to wait for him, don't you? Have a long life, Hachi.

#4b9b2237 / read by Sivakumar-51

And that's why Hachi will forever be my hero.

#3d6ee01f / read by Sivakumar-51

He was a good friend. I understand how you feel.

#2853f533 / read by VIVEK-96

Or maybe he jumped out of somebody's car some place far away, like Florida or New Jersey.

#1c0bc99c / read by VIVEK-96

And because of him, we get Columbus Day off of school.

#16c88f9f / read by Sivakumar-51

I never met my grandfather, he died when I was just a little baby.

#04776e62 / read by Sivakumar-51

That you should never forget anyone that you loved.

#01bf99fa / read by Sivakumar-51