A fragile pup in poor health, Hachikō slept under Ueno’s western-style bed, wrapped in fabric. In the winter of 1924 Hachikō arrived in Tokyo to meet Ueno. The two would endure a bitter beginning, but it only served to strengthen their affections. And while he was a dog lover (he owned 16 dogs in his lifetime), he’d never had a pup like Hachikō. A respected scholar and authority on agricultural civil engineering in Japan, Ueno was recognized for extraordinary contributions in his field. Not in the market for a pup, Ueno unexpectedly accepted Hachikō as a gift from his former student, Mase Chiyomatsu, the head of the Arable Land Cultivation Section of the Akita prefecture. Ueno Hidesaburo was a professor in the Department of Agriculture at the Imperial University of Tokyo (now The University of Tokyo).
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