Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale of Love and Loyalty

Hachiko was a white Akita dog who lived in Japan in the 1920s. He was the loyal pet of Professor Hidesaburō Ueno, who taught at the Tokyo Imperial University. Every day, Hachiko would accompany his owner to the Shibuya Station and wait for him to return from work. One day, in 1925, Ueno died of a brain hemorrhage while giving a lecture and never came back. Hachiko, however, did not give up on his master and continued to wait for him at the station every day for almost 10 years until his own death in 1935. Hachiko became a symbol of loyalty and fidelity in Japanese culture and was honored with statues, movies and books