Soil preparation scenery at Sunflower Village in Hokuryu Town 2022

Thursday, May 19, 2022

The season has shifted from "Risshatsu" to "Komitsu" and rice planting is in full swing.
We are now in the season when all things are full of life and growing vigorously under the warm sunlight.

After the snow melted, work to create fertile soil is steadily underway in the Sunflower Village, including spreading compost, plowing in green manure, and tilling!

From fiscal year 2022, Nekonote (Yoshinori Omae, President, Itaya, Hokuryu-cho) has been in charge of managing Himawari-no-sato.

Soil preparation for Sunflower Village 2022

Here is a summary of the soil preparation scene at Sunflower Village from late March to early May.

Tuesday, March 29, Himawari no Sato, where snow-melting chemicals are sprayed and spring patterns are painted.

Himawari no Sato, where snow-melting chemicals are applied and spring patterns are painted.
Himawari no Sato, where snow-melting chemicals are applied and spring patterns are painted.

April 29 (Fri.) The snow melts and a green carpet of green manure, coir, and wheat is laid in the sunflower field.

A sunflower field where the snow has melted and a green carpet of green manure barley and wheat has been laid.
A sunflower field where the snow has melted and a green carpet of green manure barley and wheat has been laid.

Compost application is in progress!

composting
composting

Fertile land with compost dances

Fertile land with compost dances
Fertile land with compost dances

lush green meadows

lush green meadows
lush green meadows

Saturday, April 30, bathed in drops of sunshine...

Bathed in drops of sunlight
Bathed in drops of sunlight

Plowing of green manure is conducted.

Green manure plowing
Green manure plowing

Monday, May 2: Soil preparation steadily progresses to improve soil fertility, activate microorganisms in the ground, and control harmful insects.

Soil preparation is steadily progressing.
Soil preparation is steadily progressing.

Plowing of fields

Plowing of fields
Plowing of fields

Sunflower field waiting for sowing after soil preparation on Sunday, May 8

Sunflower fields waiting to be sown
Sunflower fields waiting to be sown

The field where silence prevails Sunday, May 8

A field of silence
A field of silence

Under the watchful eye of blue skies and white clouds...

Under the watchful eye of blue skies and white clouds
Under the watchful eye of blue skies and white clouds

I dreamed of the wonderful sunflowers I would meet in the summer.

Dreaming of meeting nice sunflowers and looking forward to summer.
Dreaming of meeting nice sunflowers and looking forward to summer.

After this, the seeding work will begin. We sincerely hope for the healthy growth of the sunflowers as we head into summer.

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Sunflower Village in Hokuryu Town
Two million sunflowers bloom on a hill facing east on an east-facing slope. When the sunflowers are in full bloom in early August, the village is filled with the sound of "Wow! When the sunflowers are in full bloom in early August, the village is filled with the sound of "wow!
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◇ Photography and Editing: Noboru Terauchi Reporting and Writing: Ikuko Terauchi

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