Hachikō
dog
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Akitas
- In Akita
…Perhaps the best-known Akita is Hachikō, who displayed incredible devotion to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor at the University of Tokyo. Hachikō (affectionately called “Hachi”) would wait patiently at Shibuya train station for Ueno’s return home. On May 21, 1925, Ueno died at work, and for the next 10…
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