Hachiko was a large hunting dog and the faithful pet of a professor at Tokyo University. Afternoon after work the professor came back to the train station and Hachiko was waiting patiently on the platform for him. Unfortunately in May 1925 when Hachiko was only 18 months oid,the professor died before returning home. Of course Hachiko did not come. Every day for the next ten years the dog continued to go to the station to meet the train. He died on the platform where he last saw professor. Today a statue of Hachiko on Tokyo’s Shibuya railway in honor of his loyalty and devotion to his master.