Hachiko was a dog who waited every day at a train station in Tokyo for his owner, Dr. Ueno. When Ueno suddenly died in 1925, the dog continued to patiently wait for a man who could never appear. The commuters grew attached to the dog, and when Hachiko finally died at the station 10 years later, still waiting, a large bronze statue was erected in his honor. Hachiko's true story is told through a fictional little boy named Kentaro, and illustrated with simple watercolors that evoke Japanese woodcuts. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.