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A purebred Akita dog from the early part of the 20th century who became a figure in Japanese folklore because of his unswerving[[Undying loyaltyLoyalty]] to his dead master. At the end of every day, Hachiko would go to [[Shibuya]] Station in Tokyo and wait for his owner (Eisaburo Ueno, a professor at [[Tokyo University]]) to come home from work. Even after Ueno died in 1925 after a heart attack while at work, Hachiko continued this practice, and for the next 11 years (until his own death), he returned to the station at the end of the day to [[I Will Wait for You|await his late owner's return]].