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Odate, Birthplace of Akita Inu

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It is introduced that ancestor breeds of the Akita Inu, which had been hunting dogs since the ancient times, were kept and bred in mainly today's Odate City and around. The Hachi in the famous story "Chuken Hachi-ko", or Hachi the faithful dog, was an Akita Inu lived in Tokyo from the late 1920s until the early 1930s.

#192 Dog

Type: Areals
Place: Odate Railway Station
Area: Odate, Akita
Country: Japan
Date: 17 August 2009

#189 Dog

Type: Areals
Place: Higashiodate Railway Station
Area: Odate, Akita
Country: Japan
Date: 16 August 2009

#190 Dog

Type: Areals
Place: City Hall
Area: Odate, Akita
Country: Japan
Date: 16 August 2009

#191 Dog

Type: Areals
Place: Akita Inu Hall
Area: Odate, Akita
Country: Japan
Date: 16 August 2009

Sculpture "Bokyo-no Hachi-ko", meaning Hachi longing for his home

The place and area names are as of the visited points of time.