Talk:Yuubari/@comment-1914684-20170504223252

A bit of side topic:

The real "Yuubari" (the place) had a news article on one of the more prominent papers in Europe (the Guardian) from a few years ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/aug/15/yubari-japan-city-learns-die-lost-population-detroit

The real Yubari is a somewhat depressing place ("somewhat" is possibly an understatement). You get to learn how people there are dealing with one of the most challenging social issues in Japan for next 50 years - population and rural community decline.

For further interest:

https://spikejapan.wordpress.com/spike-hokkaido-2/yubari-from-the-culture-of-coal-to-the-cult-of-caramel/

It was by the same author. Also if you are lucky enough to visit Hokkaido, Yubari is not too far from Sapporo. Perhaps you can help the older folks there by going to buy some nice melons :-)