Zhǔren qùshì yǐhòu, Bāgōng měitiān dōu qù chēzhàn děng tā, yì děng jiùshì jiāngjìn shí nián.
After his owner died, Hachikō went to the station every day to wait for him, and kept it up for nearly ten years.
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The name copies the Japanese ハチ公 (Hachikō): 八 for hachi "eight", and 公 for -kō, an affectionate honorific. A bronze statue of him outside 涩谷站 (Shibuya Station) is one of Tokyo's best-known meeting spots.
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八公山 in Anhui is unrelated: it is the hill where, in 383, the beaten army of 苻坚 took every bush for an enemy soldier, the origin of 草木皆兵.
In Pop Culture
忠犬八公的故事Zhōngquǎn Bāgōng de gùshi
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 American film with Richard Gere, set in Rhode Island. A Chinese remake, 《忠犬八公》 (2023), moved the story to Chongqing.
