This combo picture shows a pair of melons , weighing 4.5kg together, which are priced at two million yen at an auction in Yubari city in Japan's...
Pair of melons produced in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido fetches a price of 1.5 million yen at the season's first auction in...
The harvest of melons produced in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido begins on May 25, 2017. The popular expensive fruit, known as...瓜類
The harvest of melons produced in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido begins on May 25, 2017. The popular expensive fruit, known as...瓜類
Nippon Ham Fighters two-way player Shohei Otani and Naomichi Suzuki, mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari pose with limited-edition yellow jerseys in...Shohei Ohtani, 日本
Japan - Local mascot character Melon Bear of Yubari city in Hokkaido Prefecture wrestles with the mascot Funassyi , unofficially promoting Funabashi...
Japan - Japanese screenwriter Kankuro Kudo , actor Masahiro Higashide and actress Rina Takeda stand with trophies on the stage at an opening ceremony...
Japan - Photo shows a pair of Yubari premium-grade melons that fetched 1.6 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season at Sapporo's...
Barricade stands on a bridge in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in northern Japan, is taking...
Rubble and debris sit inside an abandoned hospital in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in...醫院
Syringes sit among rubble and debris inside an abandoned hospital in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former...日本, 針筒
Smoke stack of the former coal processing factory stands near a parking lot in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former...
Woman walks past houses in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in northern Japan, is taking...
An apartment building stands near a road in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in northern Japan,...
Ski lift stands at the Mount Racey ski resort in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in northern...
Apartment buildings stand in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in northern Japan, is taking...
An abandoned steam locomotive shaped building stands at the Coal History Village in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a...
Bus schedule is displayed at a bus stop in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in northern Japan,...日本, 巴士站
Buildings stand in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Yubari, a former coal-mining town in northern Japan, is taking unprecedented...
Photo taken May 8 in the northern Japan city of Yubari shows its "melon bear" mascot surrounded by children. The bankrupt municipality is working to...
Nobuo Tabata , a 99-year-old resident of a failed northern Japan city of Yubari, does exercises on June 29, 2016. Tabata, who worked at coal...
Children march through a former housing complex for coal mine workers during an annual festival in the northern Japan city of Yubari on May 15, 2016....
Japan - Kazuo Watarai from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. And Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium...
Japan - Naomichi Suzuki poses for photos after being newly elected mayor of financially collapsed Yubari in Hokkaido on April 24, 2011. Suzuki, a...
Yubari, Japan - Actress Hairi Katagiri, a juror at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, arrives at the venue of the five-day event that...
Yubari, Japan - Visitors arrive at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival as the five-day event kicked off in the financially-collapsed...
Yubari, Japan - Creator of adult cartoons Reiji Urashima removes snow from the home of an elderly resident in Yubari, Hokkaido, in northern Japan on...
Kurashi-Kaientai, a food store in Amagasaki, Japan, holds a melon-tasting event for customers on May 30 serving one of the two Yubari premium melons...
Kurashi-Kaientai, a food store in Amagasaki, Japan, holds a melon-tasting event for customers on May 30 serving one of the two Yubari premium melons...
Pair of Yubari melons fetch 3 million yen during the first auction of the season at the Sapporo Central Wholesale Market on May 26, 2016 in Sapporo,...
Pair of Yubari melons fetch 3 million yen during the first auction of the season at the Sapporo Central Wholesale Market on May 26, 2016 in Sapporo,...
Naomichi Suzuki , mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki,...
Farmer Tetsuaki Naganuma harvest Yubari melons on May 25, 2016 in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan. The melon, specialty of Yubari city, fetched 1.5 million...
Farmer Tetsuaki Naganuma harvest Yubari melons on May 25, 2016 in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan. The melon, specialty of Yubari city, fetched 1.5 million...
In this aerial image, former coal mining site where turned into the failed theme park, is seen on July 15, 2006 in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan.
Visitors offer flowers at an altar to mourn late actor Ken Takakura a day after his death was reported at the Yellow Handkerchief memorial house on...
Yellow handkerchiefs are hoisted to commemorate late actor Ken Takakura at the Yellow Handkerchief Memorial Square on November 19, 2014 in Yubari,...
Yellow handkerchiefs are hoisted to commemorate late actor Ken Takakura at the Yellow Handkerchief Memorial Square on November 19, 2014 in Yubari,...
Yellow handkerchiefs are hoisted to commemorate late actor Ken Takakura at the Yellow Handkerchief Memorial Square on November 19, 2014 in Yubari,...
Pair of Yubari melons produced in Yubari in Hokkaido fetches a record price of 5.8 million yen at the season's first auction in Sapporo, the capital...
Premium melons produced in Yubari in Hokkaido are displayed for the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Sapporo, the capital of northern...
An entrance of coal miner's residence is closed at Yubari Coal Mine circa July 1974 in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan.
Chinese Army Wusong battery is attacked by Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Yubari during the January 28 Incident on February 9, 1932 in Shanghai,...
Pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern...
Pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern...
Premium melons produced in Yubari in Hokkaido are displayed for the first auction of the year at a wholesale market in Sapporo, the capital of the...
The harvest of luxury melons begins in Yubari in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 23 with peak harvesting expected in late June to early July.
