Friday, September 16, 2022
The Hokkaido Shimbun and Doshin E-edition featured "Hokuryu Sunflower Festival Attracts 280,000 Visitors, Third Highest on Record, Recovering to Pre-Corona Level" and "Kita Sorachi: Hopes for Bumper Soybean Harvest" (both in the September 16 morning edition).
Hokuryu Sunflower Festival draws 280,000 visitors
280,000 visitors to Hokuryu Sunflower Festival, third largest on record, recovered to pre-Corona level, with many individual visitors "showing their ability to attract customers.

Kitakukochi Expectations for a Bumper Soybean Crop Harvest Begins
Harvest of soybeans has begun in Mr. Omae's field in Itaya, Hokuryu-cho (Photo: Harvesting soybeans in progress in Mr. Omae's field)

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Hokkaido Shimbun, Doshin E-ban
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