Yubari

Yubari is a town positioned in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of April 30, 2017, the metropolis has an expected populace of 8,612, with 5,030 families. The overall area is 763.20 km². Hemmed in by means of mountains Yubari stretches for 25 kilometers along a mountain valley. The city is well-known for the Yubari Melon and the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, which skipped a show in 2007 due to the metropolis's monetary crisis. The metropolis become based on April 1, 1943 as a coal mining metropolis. When the mines have been running Yubari had as many as 120,000 human beings.

With the ultimate of the mines in the 1980s, an try became made to transform the monetary base to tourism. Subsidies were obtained from the primary authorities and big debts incurred for the constructing of vacationer sights, however few traffic got here. In 2007 the metropolis was within the information due to bankruptcy and the refusal of the country wide government to bail it out. City services were critically reduce and its white elephant leisure park and museums have been up for sale. The enjoyment park has begun to be demolished as of June 2008. It is one of the great place.