{"id":40672,"date":"2019-03-31T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T10:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40672"},"modified":"2019-03-31T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T10:54:41","slug":"hachiko-one-mans-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/hachiko-one-mans-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"HACHIKO One man&#8217;s best friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One man&#8217;s best friend<br \/>\nWas an Akita dog<br \/>\nFrom Akita in Japan<br \/>\nA professor of agriculture<br \/>\nIt had always been his plan<br \/>\nTo try to  adopt an Akita dog<br \/>\nAnd one of his students said<br \/>\nThere was a dog in Odati City<br \/>\nSo it  all came to a head<\/p>\n<p>He went and found the animal<br \/>\nAnd the two of them became<br \/>\nThe greatest friends imaginable<br \/>\nLike a son,  the same<br \/>\nThe dog was his companion<br \/>\nEverywhere he&#8217;d go<br \/>\nThe dog was clearly anxious<br \/>\nWanting  to follow <\/p>\n<p>Each day they went to the railway<br \/>\nStation to the SHIBUYA<br \/>\nWent with him and then met him<br \/>\nAnd became a star<br \/>\nEverybody knew him<br \/>\nSaw him everyday<br \/>\nLooking after his master<br \/>\nIn every single way<\/p>\n<p>An amazing bond developed<br \/>\nBetween a professor and his dog<br \/>\nSometimes he walked quite slowly<br \/>\nAnd sometimes they would jog<br \/>\nBoth clearly loved each other<br \/>\nWith a fondness all could feel<br \/>\nA closeness and a caring stance<br \/>\nThat was so very real.<\/p>\n<p>Hidesburo lived close to SHIBUYA train<br \/>\nStation<br \/>\nAnd every day<br \/>\nthe dog would accompany<br \/>\nHis master to the train<br \/>\nAnd they would  say<\/p>\n<p>See you later at 4 0clock<br \/>\nAnd once again they would<br \/>\nAnd When the professor came back each day<br \/>\nThe dog would  be waiting<br \/>\nAnd both of them felt good<\/p>\n<p>One day on the 25 th of May<br \/>\nWaiting As normal he<br \/>\nThe professor didnt come back<br \/>\nHe had died at work you see<br \/>\nHAchiko missed him terribly<br \/>\nAnd every day he still<br \/>\nWent to the station<br \/>\nTo pick him up<br \/>\nFor ten whole years<br \/>\nThe thrill<\/p>\n<p>Was there, that his dear friend<br \/>\nWould, one day return<br \/>\nBut despite his regular<br \/>\nStint each day<br \/>\nAnd his deep concern<br \/>\nHe never came<br \/>\nAnd on the 8 th march<br \/>\nTen years after<br \/>\nHAchiko died<br \/>\nAnd a bronze statue<br \/>\nIs waiting at the station just<br \/>\nInside<\/p>\n<p>Hachiko is still hoping<br \/>\nStill waiting maybe so<br \/>\nAnd he has become so  famous<br \/>\nIn Japan  for most people know<\/p>\n<p>Of him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One man&#8217;s best friend Was an Akita dog From Akita in Japan A professor of agriculture It had always been his plan To try to adopt an Akita dog And one of his students said There was a dog in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/hachiko-one-mans-best-friend\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40672"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40674,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40672\/revisions\/40674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}