Monday, May 13, 2024
It's the season when water fills the rice fields and a cool breeze blows through.
On Saturday, May 11th, at 8:45 AM, Hokuryu Town Agricultural and Livestock Direct Sales Store Minoritch Hokuryu (Manager: Mikio Hara) will hold its grand opening this year!
- 1 Grand Opening Ceremony
- 1.1 Hokuryu Taiko performance
- 1.2 Greetings from Chairman Nakamura Hiroyo of the Minoritch Hokuryu Shippers' Association
- 1.3 Shutter open!
- 1.4 Inside the store
- 1.5 Vegetables from Hokuryu Town
- 1.6 Okinawa Prefecture ingredients
- 1.7 Kurosengoku processed products, Hokuryu soba corner
- 1.8 Rich Kobo Bread
- 1.9 vegetable seedlings
- 1.10 Mayor Sasaki Yasuhiro also goes shopping
- 1.11 Handmade crafts
- 2 YouTube videos
- 3 Other photos
- 4 Minoritch Kitaryu Instagram
Grand Opening Ceremony
Hokuryu Taiko performance
To commemorate the opening, Hokuryu Taiko (representative: Nakamura Hiroyo) performed two pieces: "Shokanrenzan Taiko Yuumiuchi" and "Senrai no En" (a representative piece by Matsumura Kimihiko of the Matsumura Taiko Group).
A powerful, soul-stirring beat rang out, fitting for an opening.
"Shokan Mountains Taiko Drumming"
"Feast by the River"
Encore song "Spring Breeze"
After the performance, in response to cheers of "Encore!!!", another song, "Shunpu" (a piece provided by Kodo), was played.
*Kodo Music is an original piece of music created by Kodo based on the concept of "More freedom, anytime, anywhere, with anyone."
Greetings from Chairman Nakamura Hiroyo of the Minoritch Hokuryu Shippers' Association
"Thank you for visiting us today. Today marks our official grand opening. We will do our best to make our store your kitchen, so we hope you will use it," said Chairman Nakamura.
Shutter open!
Inside the store
In front of the cash register there are "Sunflower Nuts Don"!!!
Dried scallop dressing & Kurosengoku soybean sunflower oil dressing
Dressing made with sunflower oil from Hokuryu and dried scallops from Hamatonbetsu
Vegetables from Hokuryu Town
The store is filled with vegetable seedlings and other fresh vegetables picked that morning by producers in Hokuryu Town.
Asparagus, green onions, mitsuba, mountain wasabi, ginger, lettuce, etc.
The producer (Mitsuko Fujii) who exhibited green onions, mitsuba leaves, asparagus, etc. said, "It takes a long time to remove the dirt from green onions and peel the skin," and introduced us to the vegetables she is so proud of, which she has lovingly and carefully grown!
Okinawa Prefecture ingredients
There will also be sweets such as Pokot Pineapple (Okinawa pineapple that you eat by tearing it apart with your hands: Bogor pineapple), brown sugar walnuts, brown sugar ginger, etc. shipped directly from Okinawa.
Enjoy the pineapple flavor of Ishigaki Island, a southern island!
Jimami brown sugar, diced brown sugar, ginger brown sugar
Okinawa juice (shikuwasa, tankan, kabuchi)
Kurosengoku processed products, Hokuryu soba corner
Rich Kobo Bread
The delicious Rich Kobo bread corner.
vegetable seedlings
Mayor Sasaki Yasuhiro also goes shopping
Mayor Sasaki chooses seedlings while receiving advice from the producers!
Mayor Sasaki himself selected and purchased the vegetable seedlings!
Handmade crafts
Cute handicrafts (hair accessories, pouches, lucky money envelopes, etc.) made by local residents.
Fresh vegetables grown with love and care by the producers of Hokuryu Town!!!
The delicious vegetables from Minoritch Hokuryu in Hokuryu Town are enjoyed by the whole family around the dinner table with smiles and joy, and are filled with boundless love, gratitude, and smiles...
YouTube videos
Other photos
Minoritch Kitaryu Instagram
◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)
