TSU--A century after an Akita Inu dog was born in northeastern Japan, his legacy lives on to this day and even continues growing among a legion of fans. Hachiko, the loyal dog that waited for his ...

Read Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog in four sections. The following is one effective way to divide the story (note that the pages are not numbered; our numbering begins where the story begins ...

The original statue was erected in 1934 in honor of Hachiko, the Akita Inu dog that was said to have waited patiently at Shibuya Station for years for his deceased owner to return.