Day 116 (August 6, 2017)

Kaede, YΕ«bari, Hokkaido β†’ Niniu, Shimukappu, Hokkaido

Map of Hokkaido with author’s route from YΕ«bari to Shimukappu highlighted.

Open map in Gaia GPS β†’

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 β€œYΕ«bari Melon”.
Closeup of the melons in the crate.

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

πŸ“ Noborikawa, YΕ«bari, Hokkaido
These Walking Dreams is a visual field diary of a 4,300-kilometer walk from one end of Japan to the other, in the spring and summer of 2017.