50 Years of Tourism Association [2000s].
| year number | month | major events |
| Year 2000 Year 2000 | 5 | Sunflower Village expanded from 13 ha to 14.5 ha |
| 5 | Appointed 10 "Hokuryu Tourism Ambassadors" (Hajime Hibara, Tomoya Shimizu, Susumu Yotsuji, Yoshinori Fujie, and Minoru Sato) (Masao Fujisaki, Sayoko Fujii, Sawa Kanayama, Mika Fujinobu, Hiromi Kawase) | |
| 5 | Created "Sunflower Road" on Route 275 | |
| 6 | Dacho Pasture completed and full-scale grazing begins. | |
| 7 | The 14th Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 8 | NHK "Ohayo Nippon" broadcasts Sunflower Village nationwide. | |
| 8 | Nippon Television Network Corporation's "Zoom In! Saturday" on Nippon Television Network Corporation | |
| 8 | Sunflower Festival "Fireworks Display" held When Mayor Toyomae Sano was in charge of tourism, he proposed the idea of the Sunflower Fireworks Festival, and the event started as part of the Sunflower Festival. | |
| 2001 2001 | 5 | Sunflower Village Expansion from 14.5a to 16.8ha |
| 6 | June 29, a tornado (size F2) hit Sunflower and related facilities, causing extensive damage. | |
| 6 | 324 people participated and supported the Sunflower Village "Weeding Crusade". | |
| 6 | Commissioned the 6th Sunflower Daughters, Chiaki Sakai and Satomi Fujii | |
| 7 | Ostrich maze established | |
| 7.8 | 15th Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 9 | Himawari Park Golf Course (Yew Sunflower Course) opens. | |
| 2002 2002 | 5 | Sunflower Voluntary Association was established, and started providing tourist guides in the Sunflower Village, as well as cooperative funds. |
| 5 | Creation of "rows of cherry trees" as a project to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the founding of the town, sponsored by the Lions Club. Trees were planted by 340 cherry tree owners and a memorial camp was erected. | |
| 5 | Sunflower Tourism Association (organization) received the Hokkaido Tourism Promotion Merit Award from the Hokkaido Tourism Federation. | |
| 6 | Ostrich club starts "duck farm" in Sunflower Village. | |
| 7.8 | The 16th Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 7 | U.S. Senator Steinegger of Kansas State visited the town and toured Sunflower Village. | |
| 9 | The Hokuryu Town Local Products Sales Council receives a Silver Award from the Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau in the category of local specialty products in the 1st "Our Village is Beautiful - Hokkaido | |
| 2003 2003 | 1 | Opened Palm, a food and agriculture workshop; production of sunflower oil and nuts at JA ceased. |
| 3 | Hokuryu Sunflower IC of Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway opens (March 27). | |
| 3 | JR Bus withdraws from Takigawa-Numata route, Chuo Bus takes over operation. | |
| 4 | Highway Rumoi stops in front of the town hall (from April 1) | |
| 4 | Shinji Kanayama appointed head of Himawari Tourism Association | |
| 4 | Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen reaches 2 million visitors. | |
| 5 | Sunflower field expanded from 16.8 ha to 20.8 ha | |
| 5 | Expand "Sunflower Road" along Route 275 to the Cultivation Head Office area | |
| 5 | 7th Sunflower Daughters, Chiaki Mori and Megumi Okamoto, were commissioned | |
| 7.8 | The 17th Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 8 | The 38th Hokusho Road Race will be changed from the National Highway 275 Land Federation certified course to the Himawari-no-sato course. | |
| TBS "Hanamaru Market" televised Sunflower Village nationwide. | ||
| 🌻 | Garden Island was established to promote flower tourism in Hokkaido. The Sunflower Tourism Association has been a member of the Sunflower Village since 2006. | |
| 🌻 | SARS outbreak, WHO issued a worldwide alert and positioned it as a global health threat and issued an unusual travel advisory. | |
| 2004 2004 | 5 | Tetsuo Sasaki, Chairman of Himawari Tourism Association (individual), receives an award for distinguished service from the Hokkaido Tourism Federation. |
| 7 | Sunflower Park Golf Course (Sakura Course) opens. | |
| 7-8 | The 18th Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 8 | Filming at Sunflower Village in Super Hi-Vision for Aichi Expo | |
| 🌻 | Sunflower dishes and sunflower health tea were televised nationwide on Nippon Television Network Corporation's "Omoikkiri TV". | |
| 🌻 | Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake occurs. | |
| 🌻 | Asahiyama Zoo (Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Shikisaino-Oka in Biei, Tomita Farm in Nakafurano, Furugo in Furano, and other tourist attractions, and Himawari no Sato in Hokuryu Town began to be combined as a tourist route. | |
| 2005 2005 | 3 | Hokuryu Sunflower IC of Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway opens |
| 6 | Sunflower Village, water supply by pumps as a countermeasure against abnormal thousand drought. | |
| 6 | Commissioned the 8th Sunflower Daughters, Emi Yasuda and Ayano Hayashi | |
| 7 | The 19th Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 7 | Erection of a monument to commemorate the completion of the cherry blossom trees as a project to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Lions Club certification. | |
| 2006 2006 | 5 | 1.3 million sunflowers planted in 23.lha of sunflower fields (record high area) |
| 5 | Sunflower Park Golf Course (Dragon Course) opens | |
| 6 | Yukie Fujii, 8th Sunflower Daughter, assumed office (due to the retirement of Ayano Hayashi) | |
| 6 | Creation of walking paths in Nonnomori, Sunflower Village 7,743,750 yen | |
| 7 | The Highway Rumoi stops in front of Hokuryu Junior High School only during the Sunflower Festival. Better access from Sapporo | |
| 7-8 | The 20th Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 8 | Held the All-District Sunflower Cup Park Golf Tournament to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Sunflower Festival | |
| 🌻 | Himawari no Sato is broadcast nationwide on NHK News | |
| 🌻 | Filming of promotional video for singer aiko's album "She | |
| 🌻 | Inauguration of Kuro Sengoku Business Cooperative | |
| Year 2007 2007 | 4 | Mr. Nagiyasu Fujioka was inaugurated as the head of the Tourism Association. |
| 7 | Implementation of the 1st road pavement work in Sunflower Village 8,914,500 yen | |
| 7-8 | The 21st Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 8 | Held the 2nd All-District Sunflower Cup Park Golf Tournament (20th anniversary continued as the first). | |
| 🌻 | Location for the Fuji TV drama "Wish Upon a Cow" (starring Tetsuji Tamayama). | |
| 🌻 | Deregulation of international driver's license (Hong Kong and Singer Paul) will increase demand for rental cars and trigger an increase in inbound travel. | |
| 🌻 | The standard video editing software is included in Windows Vista, which went on sale in January, and the Youtube Visit tourist attractions where the Japanese version started on June 19 and anyone can submit videos. A large information dissemination platform has been launched, where tourists can post videos and other information. | |
| 2008 2008 | 5 | Chuo Bus abolished the Takigawa-Numata route, and started the Takigawa-Hokuryu route (terminating in Hekisui City). |
| 6 | Implementation of walking path extension in Nonno Forest 3,864,000 yen | |
| 7 | Completion of the 2nd road pavement work in Sunflower Village 8,085,000 yen | |
| 7-8 | The 22nd Himawari Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 8 | Held the 3rd All-District Sunflower Cup Park Golf Tournament | |
| 9 | Azuma Hut Resting Place "Mochikantei" erected by Hokuryu Town Technical Association | |
| 9 | Received the Flower Tourism Award (Kitaryu-cho Sunflower Village) from the Japan Tourism Association for the "Flower Tourist Attraction Creation Award. | |
| 9 | Sunflower Rice Production Cooperative receives Bronze Award in the Local Specialty Products Category from the Hokkaido Development Bureau in the 4th "Our Village is Beautiful - Hokkaido" Campaign Competition. | |
| 🌻 | Sunflower oil attracts attention for biodiesel due to soaring oil prices and environmental issues | |
| 🌻 | Chinese movie "Non-sincerity Removal Assistance" aired, and travel to Hokkaido becomes popular in China. | |
| 🌻 | The Japanese version of Facebook was launched on May 19, 2008, allowing users to post photos and videos, and the Japanese version of Twitter was launched on April 23, 2008, allowing users to post videos and photos. Since then, Twitter has become an influential platform for celebrities and other influencers, and has given birth to many new cultures and trends. | |
| 2009 2009 | 4 | Outsourced the management and operation of Himawari no Sato to the NPO Himawari. |
| 7 | Sunflower Triple Water Wheel" construction, Sunflower Village electric work completed Environmental improvement work around Aikamo no Ike Pond Triple waterwheel production Construction 2,583,000 yen Sunflower Village Well pipe laying duck pond maintenance work 9,660,000 yen Additional construction above 630,000 Electric wiring to duck pond 4,683,000 yen Hill with a view maintenance (parking lot, fake tree fence) 2,446,500 yen Paved road construction on the town road adjacent to Nakanotai Hekisui Himari Road 4,395,000 yen Footpath construction 2,900,000 yen 23rd Sunflower Festival (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 7 | The 23rd Sunflower Festival (Himawari no Sato) | |
| 7 | 6,004 people use rental bicycles at Himawari no Sato from free to charged. | |
| 8 | Held the 4th All-District Sunflower Cup Park Golf Tournament | |
| 8 | Hokkaido Governor Takahashi pays a courtesy visit to Hokuryu-cho and inspects Sunflower Village | |
| 8 | Hokuryu Junior High School "Sunflowers of the World" Tourism Hospitality Practice Certificate of Appreciation from Governor Takahashi | |
| 10 | Sunflower Park Hokuryu Hot Springs Reaches 3 Million Visitors (October 16) | |
| 🌻 | Integrated seeding machine (planter purchased Mar. 2009) | |
| 3 | Participated in "Food of Hometown Japan" organized by NHK. Hokuryu-cho rice was selected as a representative of Hokkaido based on the recommendation of Mr. Kuwahara, chairman of the Sapporo Consumers Association, who also promoted the town's tourism. | |
| 4 | Noboru Terauchi, a former Nippon Foundation staff member, and his wife, Miyako, were appointed as Regional Development Cooperation Volunteers, and a portal site for Hokuryu Town, which can be viewed on the Internet, was created to strengthen the town's PR, including tourism. | |
| 7.8 | The 24th Sunflower Festival held (Himawari no Sato) | |
| Year 2010 2010 | 7 | Reconstructed the Sunflower Village Observatory |
| 8 | Fireworks display at Himawari Festival will be resumed after being cancelled last year | |
| 🌻 | The number of vehicles traveling on Route 275 and 233 will decrease due to the introduction of free expressways, etc., and the number of tourists will decline. The number of vehicles passing through the national highway decreased due to the free expressway section by the Democratic Party of Japan administration (June 25, 2010~June 19, 2011). | |
| 🌻 | Publication of Sunflower's 30th anniversary magazine | |
| 🌻 | The Tourism Agency is established in the Ministry of Construction and the Visit Japan Campaign begins. |
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