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
![みのりっち北竜グランドオープン!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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
![北竜太鼓の雄壮なる鼓動が響く!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
The River Lost in the Rivers (Senrai no En)
![オープニングに相応しい北竜太鼓の演奏!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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.
![鼓童提供曲『春風』](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
![横笛演奏!!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
![太鼓に描かれた黄龍の絵柄!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
![太鼓に描かれた青龍の絵柄!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
![法被の背中にも龍が!!!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Greetings from Chairman Hiroyo Nakamura of the Minorikchi Hokuryu Shippers' Council
![中村裕世 会長ご挨拶](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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!
![ご来店されたお客様、ご購入ありがとうございます!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Inside the store
In front of the cashier counter is a "sunflower nut-do"!
![ひまわりナッツど〜ん(北竜町産ひまわりの種)](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Scallop Dressing & Kuro Sengoku Soy Sunflower Oil Dressing
![ほたて干貝柱ドレッシング&黒千石大豆ひまわり油ドレッシング](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Dressing with sunflower oil from Hokuryu Town and dried scallops from Hamatombetsu Town
![北竜町産ひまわり油と浜頓別町産ほたて干貝柱のドレッシング](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
![各種ひまわりライス](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
![店舗スタッフさんとの話も弾んで!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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.
![アスパラ、ネギ、レタス、生姜等など。。。](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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!
![ネギは泥を落として一皮むくのに時間がかかります!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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.
![沖縄県産パイナップル](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Enjoy the taste of pineapple from the southern island of Ishigaki!
![石垣島の味わい!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Jimami brown sugar, cubed brown sugar, ginger brown sugar
![沖縄おやつ](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Okinawan juice (seekwasa, tangerine, kabuchi)
![沖縄ジュース](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Kuro Sengoku Processed Foods, Hokuryu Soba Corner
![黒千石加工品、北竜そばコーナー](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Rich Kobo Bread
The bread section of the delicious Rich Studio.
![リッチ工房パンコーナー](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
vegetable seedling
![野菜の苗が勢揃い!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of the town also shopped
Mayor Sasaki selects seedlings with advice from growers!
![佐々木町長自ら苗をチョイス!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Mayor Sasaki himself selected the vegetable seedlings for purchase!
![野菜苗をたくさんお買い上げ!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Handmade handicrafts
Cute handmade handicrafts (hair accessories, pouches, bags, etc.) made by the residents of the town.
![手作り手芸品](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
![ポーチ、お財布、スマホショルダー等](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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.
![心和ますカラフルなお花たちに、心からの感謝をこめて。。。](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Youtube Video
More Photos
Minorichi Hokuryu Instagram
![北竜町農畜産物直売所 みのりっち北竜Instagram](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
◇ Reporting and writing by Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editorial assistance by Noboru Terauchi)