Located in Shibuya right before Shibuya crossing is Hachikō square which houses a statue of an Akita Inue name Hachikō. If you don’t know the story, Hachikō is known for his tremendous loyalty to his owner Professor Hidesaburō Ueno. At the end of each day, Hachikō would greet Professor Ueno everyday at the train station when he arrived. One day the Professor never made it back. He had died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Not knowing where his owner was, Hachikō continued to wait everyday at the station for the professor’s return for the next nine years until his death.

(Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan)