在公寓大樓下的小小日出公園裡,矗立著一座外表有些斑駁、眼神微微上揚的河馬雕像——「Kabahiko」。人們相信,只要觸摸它身上與自己相同的位置,願望便能被療癒。成績不如以往的少年、失去自信的新手母親、傾聽他人幸福卻忽略自己的婚禮企劃、假裝受傷卻真的感到疼痛的孩子,以及因長年工作而視力衰退的編輯……在各自的困境裡,他們都來到河馬身旁,尋找重新出發的力量。本書以溫柔細膩的筆觸,描寫社區裡彼此交織的日常與情感。沒有驚天動地的奇蹟,卻在一聲問候、一個觸碰之中,慢慢喚醒人心深處的勇氣與光亮。這是一則關於陪伴、理解與連結的故事,讀來靜靜動人。Readers adore The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park:‘I wanted to discover the magical hippo in myself as I read this book’ ★★★★★‘How does Aoyama depict human emotion so vividly? I imagined myself in this book’ ★★★★★‘I almost wept on my train home from work’ ★★★★★‘It gripped my heart. I wish there was a magical hippo near my home’ ★★★★★‘Whenever I feel hurt, I want to re-read this wonderful book’ ★★★★★‘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.’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 tea