The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park

Author/Guide: Michiko Aoyama

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2025: ‘Kabahiko is an amazing hippo. People say that if you touch the area of his body that you want to make better on yours, he’ll provide a cure’

ISBN: 978-1529949766
Translator: Takami Nieda
Genre: Fiction, Folklore, Humour

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What you need to know before your trail

Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children’s playground, Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes give it a teary look, yet for decades, its quiet power has sustained the hearts of one community.

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Such a joyous and warm read set in Japan

Meet the neighbours who will reach out to kabahiko:
-Kanato presses his head to the hippo’s cheek, hoping to recover the stellar marks he once scored;
– Sawa, a lonely new mother, strokes its mouth, hopes to connect as she once did when she was an award-winning retail assistant;
– Chiharu, a wedding-planner, hopes to be able to listen for the happiness of others;
– Yuya avoids sports day with a fake injury, only to find he really is in pain.
– despite Kazuhiko’s fading eyes from too much editorial work, he will learn to see life’s everyday wonders.