[June 2024] Hokuryu Town Portal and Operation Report

• All information on the Hokuryu Town Portal:Website, Hokuryu Town Portal" + "Facebook page, Treasures of Hokuryu Town" + "Instagram, Treasures of Hokuryu Town" + "Youtube/Hokuryu Town Portal"
• Access Analysis:Google Analytics 4 (GA4) in use since June
• Operator:Ikuko Terauchi, Hokuryu-cho community support worker, and Noboru Terauchi, Hokuryu-cho Portal management cooperation (filming, editing, updating)

◉ June: Number of visitors: 46,054 (average 1,535/day)
◉ June: Number of articles: 260 (average 13 articles / 20 working days)

June: Access from around the world

Website ・Hokuryu Portal

June/Featured Articles: 18

1. New farmers, Kosuke and Tomomi Sato, cultivating "sunflower watermelon" in their fourth year of farming in Hokuryu Town (June 5)
2. Sugar content test of "Himawari Watermelon", a specialty of Hokuryu Town, was conducted and the first auction was held on June 6 (Thu) at Asahikawa and Sapporo! (June 5)
3. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki's visit to Hokuryu Town [June 2024] (June 6)
4. The earliest first shipment of watermelon in all of Hokkaido, the yellow watermelon "Himawari Watermelon" only in Hokuryu Town! The best in the 40th year since the union was established! (June 6)
5. The first auction of Hokuryu Town's specialty "Himawari Watermelon" 2024 (Kyokuichi Fruit and Vegetable Auction Center, Asahikawa City, Asahikawa) The first auction of "Sunflower Watermelon," a specialty of Hokuryu Town, on June 10.
6. With heartfelt thanks to the town hall employees for their environmental beautification activities that make the town shine with the color of sunflowers! (June 11)
7. With one heart, we express our heartfelt thanks to the "Child Watching Supporters" of Hokuryu Town, a safe and secure town building that watches over children! (June 13)
8. Morning radio calisthenics for the 2024 school year has started! Many energetic students of Manryu Elementary School participated in the exercises! (June 14)
9. Kuro Sengoku Business Cooperative Association opened "Phantom Kuro Sengoku Soybean Fair in Chikaho" independently (Sapporo Ekimae Dori Underground Plaza) regularly in Sapporo City! (June 14)
10. Courtesy visit to Hokkaido Government "The 38th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival" and "Kuro Sengoku Soybeans (June 13)
11. The Hokuryu Town Sunflower Longevity Association Park Golf Tournament was held! Vigorous seniors enjoy playing for 2 hours on the superb lawn! (June 14)
12. First shipment of Hokuryu Sunflower Melons 2024! Sugar content 17.2, the best in recent years! (June 18)
13. Hokuryu Sunflower Melon First Auction 2024 (Kyokuchi Fruit and Vegetable Auction Center, Asahikawa, Japan) (June 18)
14. Shohei Otani! Thank you! We are all enjoying our favorite baseball game! (June 20)
15. Mr. Yusaku Hiragata, Director-General of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and his delegation visited Hokuryu Town, a town that produces safe and secure rice (June 21).
16. The 6th Hokuryu Kendama Festival (Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido) Children and adults interact and connect with each other, and enjoy themselves with all their hearts as one! (June 28)
17. Sunflower watermelons from the Hokuryu Himawari Watermelon Production Association were presented to Manryu Elementary School, where the students enjoyed them with smiles and gratitude (June 28).
18. Volunteer work by Hokuryu Town residents to cut and thin out the weeds in the Sunflower Village 2024 May they bloom beautifully! (June 28)

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