Saturday, July 20, 2024
The 38th Sunflower Festival Opening Ceremony was held on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. at the Sunflower Village lawn.
- 1 Held the 38th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival 2024 and Sunflower Village Opening Ceremony!
- 1.1 Moderator: Keiko Tsugiki, Manager, Industry Division, Hokuryu Town Hall
- 1.2 Hokuryu drum performance
- 1.3 Opening Greeting
- 1.4 Greeting from Guest of Honor: Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of Hokuryu Town: The main actors of the Himawari Festival are the tourists!
- 1.5 Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) Ms. Sell
- 1.6 Chairman Naokazu Nakamura, Hokuryu Town Council
- 1.7 Masahito Fujii, Chairman, Hokuryu Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- 1.8 Minoru Nagai, JA Kitasorachi, Hokuryu District Representative Director
- 1.9 Junichi Fukase, President, Hokuryu Land Improvement District
- 1.10 Voluntary Association of Japan, Masakazu Yoshio, Chairman
- 1.11 Hisashi Nagai, Chairperson, Sunflower Committee, Hokuryu Junior High School
- 1.12 Mochimaki: Mochimaki to wish for the development of the Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Festival
- 2 Youtube Video
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- 4 Related Pages
Held the 38th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival 2024 and Sunflower Village Opening Ceremony!
This is the opening of the 38th Hokuryu-cho Himawari Festival 2024, which will run for about a month until Sunday, August 18.
Moderator: Keiko Tsugiki, Manager, Industry Division, Hokuryu Town Hall
Hokuryu drum performance
Prior to the Himawari no Sato opening ceremony, a magnificent performance by Hokuryu Taiko (represented by Yuyo Nakamura) was presented.
The two songs are "Yamabiko" and "Senrai no En (Senrai no En, a representative work of Kimihiko Matsumura of the Matsumura Group of Japanese drums).

Opening Greeting
Yukio Takada, Chairman, Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Tourist Association
This year will mark the 38th time the Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival will be held.
We are holding this event to thank our seniors and the many people who have continued this event for the 38th time. We will continue to do so for our posterity.
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the people of "Oowa Kogyo K.K. (Hideki Oji, President, Hokuryu Town)" who worked very hard from the spring snowmelt season to seeding of 2 million flowers on 23 hectares.
The plots in the background are still green, but yellow flowers are beginning to flicker in the plots in the back. Gradually, two million flowers are scheduled to bloom over the next month.
Where there are beautiful flowers, there are also weeds, germs, and insects. We have to manage these various things, so many people are involved in this project with a lot of hard work. Thank you very much.
The "Sunflowers of the World" grown by the students of Hokuryu Junior High School on the right side of the building are beginning to bloom beautifully. 14 varieties of sunflowers from around the world are being grown. The students also provide guided tours for tourists during the Sunflower Festival. Thank you very much.
Starting today, for 30 days, various town officials, people involved in the Sunflower Tourist Center, inside the Sunflower Maze, etc., are involved.
The Sunflower Tourism Center store sells safe and secure food products, and we encourage everyone to buy them with their wallets wide open.
I would like to wish all the tourists a pleasant and safe 30 days of the Sunflower Festival and wish you a happy opening. Thank you very much."
Greeting from Guest of Honor: Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of Hokuryu Town: The main actors of the Himawari Festival are the tourists!
The town's sunflower festival attracts 200,000 to 300,000 visitors every year.
We have people from many different countries visiting us. At that time, the assistant language teacher (ALT) cell plays a very important role.
Today, the mascot character of the town of Hokuryu, "Himawari Saki," is here. The plan was for me to wear it, but I was told no because the mayor is too old and it would be too hot and I would fall ill if I went inside. So today, someone else has come in for me.
During this month, the events will continue. We will make all kinds of preparations and welcome you in town, but 'the star of the Sunflower Festival is you, the people who come!' .
Enjoy the many parts of it. We would like to make the sunflowers of Hokuryu roaring around the world. Please, please, please, please!" .

Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) Ms. Sell
I am from the Philippines. This is my 10th year at Beiryu.
I look forward to the Himawari Festival every year. If you are a foreigner and need help, please call me. I will help you with anything!" Mr. Sell greeted us.
Chairman Naokazu Nakamura, Hokuryu Town Council
We hope that the weather will be fine again this year and that we will have a wonderful Sunflower Festival.
There is a soba noodle shop in the Sunflower Tourism Center. I am personally helping to make soba noodles there, and I hope you will try the soba noodles. Thank you very much for your time today. Congratulations."
Masahito Fujii, Chairman, Hokuryu Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Thank you very much for coming to Sunflower Village today.
The "Sunflowers of the World" that the junior high school students seeded for us this year are beginning to bloom beautifully and vigorously again, so please enjoy them fully! Thank you very much."
Minoru Nagai, JA Kitasorachi, Hokuryu District Representative Director
The sunflowers are still blooming in a few spots today. We will have more and more beautiful sunflowers blooming every day, so please enjoy them! Please enjoy the sunflowers!
Junichi Fukase, President, Hokuryu Land Improvement District
I will scatter the rice cakes around here, so please come and gather the children. Enjoy the day!" (from the Japanese version).
Voluntary Association of Japan, Masakazu Yoshio, Chairman
I will do my best to be your Sunflower Guide, and I look forward to working with you!"
Hisashi Nagai, Chairperson, Sunflower Committee, Hokuryu Junior High School
Hello, everyone! I am Nagai, chairperson of the Sunflower Committee at Hokuryu Junior High School.
Come to the Sunflower Guide next Friday, July 26, where you can see various sunflowers from around the world!" .......
Mochimaki: Mochimaki to wish for the development of the Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Festival
From this day, for 30 days, the splendid sunflowers of Himawari-no-sato will be performing their inspiring dramas. Please look forward to it!
Beautiful sunflowers from the Sunflower Village, carefully nurtured with the spirit of harmony and love of cooperation of the Hokuryu Town residents!
With boundless love, gratitude and prayers to the mysterious sunflowers of Himawari-no-sato who spread smiles of happiness around the world by shining the light of prayer for peace even brighter.
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◇ Reporting and writing by Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editorial assistance by Noboru Terauchi)
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