..... of tear jerking DVD

Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) went through his younger daughter's collection of DVDs and found this one interesting since in the not distant past Y S used to have three dogs. There are loveable creatures which sometimes surpass some humans Y S has unfortunately come crossed in this life.

Hachi, an Akira Japanese puppy, was lost at a railway station. It was found by Professor Parker Wilson. Not wanting to surrender the dog to the pound, the professor tried to keep it despite disagreement from his wife. However, both Hachi and Prof Parker developed a rare invincible bond.

Hachi sent the prof to work in the morning and then waited for him to return home daily and in icy cold weather sometimes without fail. Hachi became familiar with the people around the railway station.

One day, the prof had a heart attack and passed over. Hachi still waited for the prof at the same spot and the same time every day without fail and refused to be moved. It slept under old rail trucks and was fed by those whom it knew.

Hachi waited and waited for ten years. It died of old age and also the cold while waiting for the prof !

Y S' mellowed soul was moved by the love and loyalty of an animal, a dog. Y S secretly shed some tears. ( Shamefully)

This movie was an adaptation of a true story in Shibuya, Japan : -

In 1924, Hachikō was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. During his owner's life Hachikō saw him out from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno did not return on the usual train one evening. The professor had suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage at the university that day. He died and never returned to the train station where his friend was waiting. Hachikō was loyal and every day for the next nine years he waited sitting there amongst the town's folk.

Hachikō was given away after his master's death, but he routinely escaped, showing up again and again at his old home. Eventually, Hachikō apparently realized that Professor Ueno no longer lived at the house. So he went to look for his master at the train station where he had accompanied him so many times before. Each day, Hachikō waited for Professor Ueno to return. And each day he did not see his friend among the commuters at the station.

The permanent fixture at the train station that was Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day. They brought Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.

This continued for nine years with Hachikō appearing precisely when the train was due at the station until its demise..

Today the bronze statue of Hachiko sits in front of the railway station at Shibuya.

Blessed are those with loyal friends for they experience heaven on earth.