The story of Hachikō is very popular in Japan, and a Hollywood movie based on it was made starring Richard Gere.
In the 1920s a Japanese professor adopted Hachikō an Akita dog. Each day he would take the train from the Shibuya station in Tokyo to work. And every evening around the time the professor would return, Hachikō would be waiting at the train station for him. One day, the professor does not return home as he suddenly dies. For the next nine years following, Hachikō returns to the Shibuya station to await the return of his owner.
A statue sits near the spot where Hachikō waited each and every day.
-Christine
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D
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