Hokuryu Marche 2022 is here! A wonderful market where handmade creators from inside and outside Hokuryu Town gather!

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The Hokuryu Marche, featuring handmade items, was held at the Hokuryu Town Commercial Revitalization Facility Cocowa Multipurpose Hall from 10:00 to 16:00 on Sunday, September 4th.

This wonderful market brings together handmade creators from both inside and outside Hokuryu. There's a wide selection of lovely and cute items that will warm your heart and make you feel cheerful and energetic!!!

北竜マルシェ
Hokuryu Marche
table of contents

Held at Hokuryu Town Commercial Revitalization Facility Cocowa

北竜町商業活性化施設ココワにて開催
Held at Hokuryu Town Commercial Revitalization Facility Cocowa

Exhibiting in the multipurpose hall

多目的ホールに出展
Exhibiting in the multipurpose hall

participants

Handmade creators, etc.

  • Stitching Time (Fabric Accessories)
  • TokaDin (accessories, miscellaneous goods)
  • Sky blue (barbarium, pressed flowers, paper)
  • Shizenka (birch bark crafts, material sales)
  • Tsumugi (straw crafts, birch crafts, dried flowers)
  • Shiromaru (Kogin embroidery, fabric accessories)
  • dipart American Flowers (arrangements, leashes, bouquets)
  • ROOTS (Kendama Life Store)

Workshop

  • Candy Bomb "Bath Bomb (Bath Additive)" Making Experience
  • Experience making apple coasters and round drawstring bags
  • American flower mini frame making experience

Hokuryu Marche venue scene

楽しい会話が弾むマルシェ
A market where fun conversations flow
素敵な作品が勢揃い!
A wide selection of wonderful works!
エンジョイタイム!
Enjoy time!

Introducing handmade creators

Stitching Time (Fabric Accessories)

A mother from Hokuryu Town who runs a patchwork circle (held once a month at the community center) held a workshop on the day to make apple coasters and round drawstring bags.

"I'm glad everyone enjoyed the experience. Some customers said they would like to join the patchwork circle, which made me happy," she said with a smile!!!

ちくちくたいむ
Stinging Time

Apple Coaster Workshop

りんごのコースターのワークショップ
Apple Coaster Workshop

Enjoy the tingling sensation!

チクチクエンジョイタイム!
Enjoy the tingling sensation!

Cute pouch

キュートなポーチ
Cute pouch

Patchwork works

パッチワーク鍋敷き
Patchwork trivet

Arm covers, pencil cases, pouches, etc.

アームカバー、ペンケース、ポーチなど。。。
Arm covers, pencil cases, pouches, etc.

TokaDin (accessories, miscellaneous goods)

  • This work was created by a couple from Osaka City who live in Hokuryu Town, where the husband is a farmer.
  • The accessories made by this couple, who have traveled the world, are a wonderful collection of works, including "natural stone macrame accessories" that they learned in India and Thailand, and earrings made using the unique lace weaving technique "Ñanduti" that they learned in Paraguay.
  • TokaDin's Instagram:tokadin715

The sunflower earrings are so cute!

TokaDin(アクセサリー、雑貨)
TokaDin (accessories, miscellaneous goods)

Unique lace knitting "Nyanduti"

パラグアイで学んだ独自のレース編み「ニャンドゥティ」
"Ñanduti," a unique lace weaving technique learned in Paraguay

lace earrings

レース編みのピアス
lace earrings

mask charm

マスクチャーム
mask charm

Natural stone macrame accessories

天然石マクラメのアクセサリー
Natural stone macrame accessories

"Sunflowers" digital illustration painting created by a friend

友人が制作したデジタルイラスト絵画「ひまわり」
"Sunflowers" digital illustration painting created by a friend

Object

オブジェ
Object

Sky blue (barbarium, pressed flowers, paper)

While growing vegetables with her husband, who is a farmer, she tries her hand at making barbariums, pressed flowers, chopstick rests, toothbrush holders, and more using flowers!

そらいろ(バーバリウム、押し花、紙類)
Sky blue (barbarium, pressed flowers, paper)

Various barbarium

各種バーバリウム
Various barbarium

Pressed flower magnet, chopstick rest, pressed flower spoon, brush & pen holder

押し花マグネット、はしおき、押し花スプーン、はぶらし&ペン立て
Pressed flower magnet, chopstick rest, pressed flower spoon, brush & pen holder

Vegetable sales

Destroyer, paprika, bell pepper, cherry tomato, snow-covered pumpkin, small black watermelon.

野菜たち
Vegetables

Shizenka (birch bark crafts, material sales)

  • A work by a couple who run a self-sustaining forestry business in Hokuryu Town
  • There are many wonderful pieces that convey the gentleness of nature, such as birch bark accessories, logs, and branches.
  • Instagram:shizenka2020
Shizenka(白樺樹皮細工、素材販売)
Shizenka (birch bark crafts, material sales)

Birch bark crafts

白樺樹皮細工
Birch bark crafts

coaster

コースター
coaster

Birch Object

白樺オブジェ
Birch Object

Twig

小枝
Twig

Shizenka is "forestry without planting"

"Shizenka" is produced using "no-planting forestry" to pass on practical and beautiful materials to the next generation.

Shizennka「植えない林業」
Shizennka "No-Planting Forestry"

Tsumugi (straw crafts, birch crafts, dried flowers)

  • Handmade items made from natural materials by a group of four mothers living in Hokuryu Town
  • The shop processes natural materials from Hokuryu Town into miscellaneous goods, including rice straw brooms, trivets, dolls, ornaments and brooches made from birch bark, straw stars made from wheat straw, and dried flowers arranged with flowers from local flower farmers.
  • Instagram:tumugi1114
つむぎの4名のママさん
Four mothers of Tsumugi

Mini Broom

ミニホウキ
Mini Broom

Straw star, wool felt

ストロースター、羊毛フェルト
Straw star, wool felt

hair ties

ヘアーゴム
hair ties

Birch bark crafts

白樺樹皮細工
Birch bark crafts

Tree ornaments, wreaths

ツリーオーナメント、リース
Tree ornaments, wreaths

dried flower wreath

ドライフラワーリース
dried flower wreath

Shiromaru

  • The shop mainly produces coasters made with the traditional sashiko technique "Koginzashi" from the Tsugaru region, as well as pincushions and other fabric accessories.
  • These are gentle and heartwarming works that will warm your heart.
  • Instagram:shiromaru111ho
shiromaru(こぎん刺し)
Shiromaru (Kogin embroidery)

Koginzashi coaster

こぎん刺しコースター
Koginzashi coaster

pincushion

ピンクッション
pincushion

Clasp purse, bookmark strap

がま口、しおりストラップ
Clasp purse, bookmark strap

Little bear: a figurine made from plastic bottle caps

こぎんぐま:ペットボトルのキャップを入れて作った置物
Little bear: a figurine made from plastic bottle caps

dipart American Flowers (arrangements, leashes, bouquets)

  • American flowers are crystal-like flowers made from synthetic resin liquid.
  • A flower arrangement made from wire, dipped in a dip solution, and then covered with a film of color.
  • A variety of gorgeous and beautiful works such as arrangements, wreaths, and frames.
  • On the day, we will be holding a workshop on making mini American flower frames.
  • He is a lecturer at regular American flower (dip art) courses in Asahikawa City.Coop Sapporo Cultural Class
dipartアメリカンフラワー(アレンジメント、リーズ、花束)
dipart American Flowers (arrangements, leashes, bouquets)

American Flower (Dip Art)

アメリカンフラワー(ディップアート)
American Flower (Dip Art)

Flower arrangements

アレンジフラワー
Flower arrangements

ROOTS (Kendama Life Store)

  • This is the shop of John Masateru Akamatsu (representative of Kendama Club ASAHIDAMA), who is a member of the Hokuryu Kendama Club and also teaches at the club.
ROOTS(けん玉ライフストア
ROOTS (Kendama Life Store

Kendama, cap, T-shirt

けん玉、キャップ、Tシャツ
Kendama, cap, T-shirt

KROM POP

KROM POP
KROM POP

Candy Bomb

  • Bath bomb (bath additive) making experience conducted by mothers living in Hokuryu Town
  • Mix baking soda, citric acid, and salt in a 2:1:2 ratio, spray with water using a spray bottle, and mix. Press down and leave to dry for a few minutes.

"It may look easy, but the degree of hardening will vary depending on the humidity, temperature and amount of water. It was a process of trial and error until I succeeded. It was really hard work. I was glad that local children came today and enjoyed themselves," he said.

バスボム(入浴剤)ワークショップ
Bath Bomb Workshop

Bath bomb making experience is very popular among children

子どもたち大人気のバスボム作り体験
Bath bomb making experience is very popular among children

Successfully completed! Thank you for your hard work!

"Finished successfully! Thank you for your hard work!

We had a wonderful time, sharing joy and excitement with our guests. Thank you very much.

"We would like to continue to take on new challenges whenever we have the opportunity," said Representative Reiko Takebayashi.

北竜マルシェ、無事終了!お疲れさまでした!
The Hokuryu Marche has ended successfully! Thank you for your hard work!

A wonderful harmony of handmade goods filled with smiles and love ♬

With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers for the wonderful Hokuryu Marche, where people can share the joy and excitement of handmade crafts...

Finally, we took a commemorative photo with all the participants!

全員集合!
Everyone gather!

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◇ Photography and editing: Noboru Terauchi Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi