Grand opening of Hokuryu Town's agricultural and livestock products direct sales shop, Minoricchi Hokuryu!

Monday, June 22, 2020

On Saturday, June 20, at 9:00 a.m., Minoricchi Hokuryu (manager: Mikio Hara), a direct sales shop of agricultural and livestock products in Hokuryu Town, held its grand opening this year!

Grand Opening Ceremony

Grand Opening of Hokuryu Town's Agricultural and Livestock Products Direct Sales Store, Minoricchi Hokuryu
Grand Opening of Hokuryu Town's Agricultural and Livestock Products Direct Sales Store, Minoricchi Hokuryu

Performance by Hokuryu Taiko

To commemorate the opening, the Hokuryu Taiko drummers performed two songs, "Bountiful Harvest Celebration Taiko" and "Senrai no En.

Performance by members of Hokuryu Taiko
Performance by members of Hokuryu Taiko

Composed by Kimihiko Matsumura, representative of the Matsumura Group of Japanese drummers.


The performance of "Kawairai no banquet," along with the transverse flute.

The "Kawarai Lai Banquet" performance, along with the Yokobue flute.
The "Kawarai Lai Banquet" performance, along with the Yokobue flute.

The song "Senrai no En" was composed by Mr. Kimihiko Matsumura, the head of Matsumura-gumi, a taiko drumming group in Sorachi, Japan. Senrai-no En" means "sound of nature," "flute," or "echo.

Chihiro Itagaki, a taiko drummer, told us, "This piece was composed with the image of Sorachi, where the sounds of the various rivers in Sorachi overlap and resonate, where people are connected, and where people are friendly and lively.

Kimihiko Matsumura's masterpiece "Senrai no En" by Matsumura Gumi, a Japanese drumming group
Kimihiko Matsumura's masterpiece "Senrai no En" by Matsumura Gumi, a Japanese drumming group

The heartbeats of the drummers echoed throughout the hall, a fitting opening for the event.

A valiant heartbeat echoing throughout the hall


The brave heartbeats echoing throughout the hall!
The brave heartbeats echoing throughout the hall!

Greetings from Keiko Ozaki, Chairperson of the Shippers' Council of Japan

Shippers' Council, Keiko Ozaki, Chairperson
Shippers' Council, Keiko Ozaki, Chairperson

This year, too, our shippers have joined forces and started sowing seeds before the snow fell, growing vegetables well in advance. Today is the grand opening of the Minoricchi Hokuryu direct sales market, and I hope everyone will enjoy it.

Let's welcome the grand opening of "Minorich Hokuryu" in 2020! "We are pleased to announce the grand opening of "Minorichi-Hokuryu" in 2020!

Shutters open!

A variety of vegetables picked in the morning

Welcoming staff members
Welcoming staff members

In the store, we have a variety of vegetables such as "Himawari Watermelon" and "Himawari Melon", which are Hokuryu Town's specialties, Himezake bamboo, melon, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, snap peas, ice plant, radish, turnip, carrot, potato (Inca no mezame), onion, zucchini, cucumber, tomato, strawberry, and etc.! and many other vegetables picked in the morning!

melon (Cucumis melo var. melo)

melon (Cucumis melo var. melo)
melon (Cucumis melo var. melo)

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

fresh vegetables


A wide variety of fresh vegetables!
A wide variety of fresh vegetables!


Mother's handicrafts


There is also a line of cute handicrafts handmade by mothers.

Mother's handmade work
Mother's handmade work

Bogor pineapple shipped directly from Okinawa

The Bogor Pineapple, shipped directly from Okinawa, is an Okinawan pineapple that can be torn apart by hand and eaten down to the core!

Okinawa Bogor Pineapple
Okinawa Bogor Pineapple

Presenting pretty flower seedlings.

Shoppers will receive a lovely flower seedling (basil, nasturtium (edible flower) aster,)!

Flower seedlings are presented!
Flower seedlings are presented!

Inside a busy restaurant


Delicious sunflower watermelon and sunflower melon!
Delicious sunflower watermelon and sunflower melon!
Customers lining up at the cash register.
Customers lining up at the cash register.

A variety of vegetables picked in the morning, grown with love and care by Hokuryu-cho growers!
We look forward to serving you again this year with delicious fresh vegetables from the Hokuryu Town Agricultural and Livestock Products Direct Selling Center, Minoricchi Hokuryu.

We would like to express our unlimited gratitude for the fresh vegetables from Minorikchi Hokuryu.
We would like to express our unlimited gratitude for the fresh vegetables from Minorikchi Hokuryu.

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◇ Photography and Editing: Noboru Terauchi Reporting and Writing: Ikuko Terauchi

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