Monday, May 13, 2024
We are entering the season when the rice paddies are flooded and a cool breeze is blowing.
On Saturday, May 11, at 8:45 a.m., Minoricchi Hokuryu (manager: Mikio Hara), the Hokuryu agricultural and livestock products direct sales shop, held its grand opening this year!
- 1 Grand Opening Ceremony
- 1.1 Performance by Hokuryu Taiko
- 1.2 Greetings from Chairman Hiroyo Nakamura of the Minorikchi Hokuryu Shippers' Council
- 1.3 Shutters open!
- 1.4 Inside the store
- 1.5 Vegetables from Hokuryu Town
- 1.6 Ingredients from Okinawa
- 1.7 Kuro Sengoku Processed Foods, Hokuryu Soba Corner
- 1.8 Rich Kobo Bread
- 1.9 vegetable seedling
- 1.10 Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of the town also shopped
- 1.11 Handmade handicrafts
- 2 Youtube Video
- 3 More Photos
- 4 Minorichi Hokuryu Instagram
Grand Opening Ceremony
Performance by Hokuryu Taiko
To commemorate the opening, Hokuryu Taiko (Representative: Yuyo Nakamura) performed two pieces, "Shokanrenzan Taiko Yumi-uchi" and "Senrai-no-En" (written by Kimihiko Matsumura, representative of the Matsumura-gumi Japanese drum group).
A powerful, soul-stirring heartbeat befitting the opening rang out.
Shokanrenzan Taiko Yumi-uchi
The River Lost in the Rivers (Senrai no En)
Encore piece "Shunpu" (Spring Breeze)
After the performance, the audience cheered for an encore! After the performance, another piece, "Shunpu" (provided by Kodo), was performed in response to the cheers of "Encore!
Kodo-provided music is original music provided by Kodo based on the concept of "more freedom, anytime, anywhere, with anyone.
Greetings from Chairman Hiroyo Nakamura of the Minorikchi Hokuryu Shippers' Council
Thank you for visiting us today. Today is our official grand opening. We will strive to be your kitchen, and we hope you will all enjoy our services.
Shutters open!
Inside the store
In front of the cashier counter is a "sunflower nut-do"!
Scallop Dressing & Kuro Sengoku Soy Sunflower Oil Dressing
Dressing with sunflower oil from Hokuryu Town and dried scallops from Hamatombetsu Town
Vegetables from Hokuryu Town
The store features vegetable seedlings and other fresh vegetables picked in the morning by Hokuryu-cho growers.
Asparagus, small green onions, honeywort, horseradish, ginger, lettuce, etc.
The producer (Ms. Mitsuko Fujii), who exhibited leeks, honey leaves, asparagus, etc., introduced her vegetables with pride, saying, "It takes time to remove the mud from the leeks and peel the skin off!
Ingredients from Okinawa
Pocot Pineapple (hand-torn Okinawa pineapple: Bogor pineapple), brown sugar walnuts, ginger brown sugar, and other sweets shipped directly from Okinawa will also be available.
Enjoy the taste of pineapple from the southern island of Ishigaki!
Jimami brown sugar, cubed brown sugar, ginger brown sugar
Okinawan juice (seekwasa, tangerine, kabuchi)
Kuro Sengoku Processed Foods, Hokuryu Soba Corner
Rich Kobo Bread
The bread section of the delicious Rich Studio.
vegetable seedling
Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of the town also shopped
Mayor Sasaki selects seedlings with advice from growers!
Mayor Sasaki himself selected the vegetable seedlings for purchase!
Handmade handicrafts
Cute handmade handicrafts (hair accessories, pouches, bags, etc.) made by the residents of the town.
Fresh vegetables grown with love and care by Hokuryu-cho growers!
We hope everyone in the family enjoys and smiles around the table and cherishes the delicious vegetables from Hokuryu-cho Minorichi-Hokuryu with endless love, gratitude, and smiles.
Youtube Video
More Photos
Minorichi Hokuryu Instagram
◇ Reporting and writing by Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editorial assistance by Noboru Terauchi) 
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