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Day 116 (August 6, 2017)

Kaede, Yūbari, Hokkaido → Niniu, Shimukappu, Hokkaido

Map of Hokkaido with author’s route from Yūbari to Shimukappu highlighted.

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Several melonkuma, or melon-bears, cartoon melon with the head of a bear, on a white wall.

🍈🍈🍈🐻🍈 Kaede, Yūbari, Hokkaido
A woman selling melons looks at a crate labelled “Yūbari Melon”.
Closeup of the melons in the crate.

Closeup of one of the melons cut in half, showing its bright orange flesh.

📍 Noborikawa, Yūbari, Hokkaido
These Walking Dreams is a visual field diary of a 4,100-kilometer walk from one end of Japan to the other, in the spring and summer of 2017.

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