Erwin Miyasaka

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 ...