<Tr> <Th> Appearance </Th> <Td> Golden light brown with white (peach white) color on the upper face </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Bronze statue of Hachiko in front of train station of Shibuya, Tokyo (where he waited) </Td> </Tr> <P> Hachikō (ハチ公, November 10, 1923--March 8, 1935) was an Akita dog born on a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan . He is remembered for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, for whom he continued to wait for over nine years following his death . Hachikō is known in Japanese as chūken Hachikō (忠 犬 ハチ公) "faithful dog Hachikō", hachi meaning "eight" and kō meaning "affection ." During his lifetime, the dog was held up in Japanese culture as an example of loyalty and fidelity . Well after his death, he continues to be remembered in worldwide popular culture, with statues, movies, books, and appearances in various media . </P> <P> In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo, took Hachikō, a golden brown Akita, as a pet . Ueno would commute daily to work, and Hachikō would leave the house to greet him at the end of each day at the nearby Shibuya Station . The pair continued the daily routine until May 1925, when Ueno did not return . The professor had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, while he was giving a lecture, and died without ever returning to the train station in which Hachikō would wait . </P>

Dog who waited for master at train station