ATTENTION! Erwin Miyasaka: Hachiko, The Famous Dog in Tokyo

Hachiko was an Akita dog belonging to Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor of agronomic engineering at the University of Tokyo who died in 1925 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while imparting one of his classes. However, the faithful dog continued to go every day for 9 years to the station of Shibuya, which is the main station in Tokyo,  at the time when the train that always brought back to Ueno arrived.

The dog, who showed the world the value of friendship and loyalty, was born on November 10, 1923, on a farm near the Japanese city Odate. The animal spent a little time in that place as the villagers gave it to Eisaburo Ueno, a renowned professor at the University of Tokyo.

From the first contact, Hachiko became Ueno's inseparable friend; Such was the attachment of the animal, who daily accompanied his master to the station of the train. Every afternoon, when the teacher returned from work, the dog was always waiting for him in the same place and at the same time.

For two years, the teacher and his dog performed the same routine until death separated them. Ueno died on May 21, 1925, due to a cardiac arrest that he suffered while imparting his classes.

When the Asahi newspaper first picked up its story in 1932, Hachiko became quite a celebrity, and so the users of the Shibuya station began to feed and attend the dog daily. When the dog died, the government built a statue in the main station, where thousands of tourists and also Japanese has taken a picture with. Hollywood also create a movie about this dog.

This year in Japan we remember the ninety years of the birth of Hachiko, the most faithful dog ever known. 

Every march Japanese celebrate in this station with a nice tribute in the name of loyalty.