2023 Author: Alex Livingston | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-26 11:39
Today we tell you a beautiful story, that of Hachi cat which became in Japan a real star. He is considered by all to be fantastic lucky charm and people from all over the nation travel many miles to visit him.
After all you know, i cats they have always been considered mystical animals. It will be because of that mysterious air that they always carry with them or it will be because since ancient times they have been revered by numerous populations. Just think of the ancient Egypt, in which they were considered sacred animals.
And, after all this time, still today there are many superstitions and legends that revolve around this animal. To demonstrate this, we tell you the story of the Hachi cat.
The story of Hachi begins in April 2011. A very special period in Japan, still shaken by recent events. In March of that same year, in fact, the state of the Rising Sun was devastated by one of the strongest earthquakes in history.
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the region of Tohoku. A disaster that has registered about 30 thousand victims, including confirmed dead and missing never found again.
A month later, he was born, the Hachi cat. A white cat, with two black spots on the head that resemble the symbol 8 in the kanji language. And that's exactly what it means Hachi in Japanese: eight.
Its history therefore begins in a difficult period for the Japan, brought to his knees by this terrible event. And so, immediately after adopting him, the owner of Hachi he decides to entrust the hopes of the entire Japanese population to him.
In addition to the numerous victims, the economy of the Japan was very affected by that earthquake. Businesses were struggling to get up and the situation was truly dramatic.
And so, the master of Hachi, a man who owns a tobacconist's, decided to give him positive powers, on the occasion of the Feast of Hope. The goal was what Hachi could bring luck to all local entrepreneurs.
Since then, many people have entered the tobacconist's every day to see and touch the cat. It is said that Hachi is truly a lucky charm and that all the people who met him enjoyed his good omen.
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