The Dog Who Waited For His Dead Owner At The Same Train Station Every Day For A Decade
In Japan during the 1920s and 1930s, a remarkable dog became famous across the country for his persistent loyalty
Dogs are the epitome of loyalty. Man’s best friend has lived up to its moniker time after time throughout history. Perhaps no instance personifies that better than Hachiko, a purebred Akita who had a tight bond with his owner, walking to work with him every day. When the man died suddenly, the dog spent the better part of the next ten years returning every day to the same spot he used to part ways with his owner in the hopes they might be reunited.
Hachiko was born on a farm in Japan in late 1923. He was obtained by Hidesaburo Ueno, an agriculture professor for the Tokyo Imperial University, in 1924. Living in Tokyo, the pair bonded quickly. A favorite routine for the dog was walking daily with his master to the Shibuya train station to see him off to work. The dog, which was allowed to roam freely, was always waiting for the academic when he got off the train at the end of the day.
Sadly, the professor passed away unexpectedly at work in 1925 from a brain hemorrhage in the midst of teaching a class. Accordingly, he did not depart that day’s train to meet…
