Celebrating Hachiko: All About Akitas with Lesléa Newman

Hachiko is well known as the Japanese Akita dog who waited for his owner at Shibuya train station for almost 10 years after the owner's passing. The Japan Society of Boston is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Hachiko's birth with an event all about Akitas!
We were joined by Lesléa Newman who discussed her book, Hachiko Waits, a book for young readers that has won several awards including the Dog Writer's Association of America Best Book of Fiction (2005) and the Alabama Emphasis on Reading Children's Choice Book Award, (2005-2006), as well as her writing process and connection to Japan.
We were also joined by the president of Big East Akita Rescue, Jo Ann Dimon, to hear more about the special akita breed.
All donations received for this event were given to Big East Akita Rescue. They are a nonprofit, hands-on, volunteer run Akita rescue group covering the Northeast to help unwanted, abused, and neglected Akitas in need.
BEAR website: bigeastakitare...
Lesléa Newman's website: lesleanewman.com/
This was a free, hour long talk with Q&A hosted on zoom on November 4th, 2023.