Friday, August 16, 2024
From 08:30 on August 14 (Wed.), the 2024 Hokuryu-machi Melon and Watermelon Festival, a direct sale of watermelons, was held in front of the fruit-sorting area of the JA Kitasorachi branch office's agricultural produce collection and shipment facility. Many people visited the festival and it was a great success!
- 1 2024 Hokuryu-machi Melon and Watermelon Festival," a direct sale of watermelons
- 1.1 Sweet sunflower watermelon with a sugar content of 12 degrees
- 1.2 Nationwide shipping and waybill entry table
- 1.3 Start with a limited number of people!
- 1.4 University student interns also provide hospitality with a smile.
- 1.5 Okinawa Fair Corner
- 1.6 Yamato Transport Shipping Procedure Corner
- 1.7 Sold Out! Sold Out! Sold out!
- 1.8 lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice of colored cards to determine the winner
- 1.9 Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of the town, came to offer encouragement.
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2024 Hokuryu-machi Melon and Watermelon Festival," a direct sale of watermelons
The 330 boxes of watermelon prepared were almost sold out within 30 minutes of the start of direct sales!
Sweet sunflower watermelon with a sugar content of 12 degrees
This year's watermelon boasts a sugar content of 12 degrees, exceeding the average sugar content and the sweetest in recent years.
Himawari watermelon: 6 excellent, 4,500 yen per box, 5 excellent, 4,800 yen per box
Sold in bulk: 1 piece - 500 yen, 3 pieces - 1,300 yen
Nationwide shipping and waybill entry table
There is also a section for filling out a letter of transmittal to deliver local seasonal delicacies to relatives and valued acquaintances.
Start with a limited number of people!
Long lines of people lined up before the 8:30 a.m. start!
After the start of the event, the number of visitors to the sales floor was restricted, with several people entering at a time to avoid crowding the sales floor.
Buy in bulk
Customers who purchased the product purchased several boxes at once!
University student interns also provide hospitality with a smile.
On that day, students from the "Hokkaido Hokuryu-cho Community Building Internship" also helped with sales! They were all smiles and hospitable!
Help carry heavy boxes to the shipping processing area or to your car!
Okinawa Fair Corner
At the Okinawa Fair corner, juices and konnyaku jelly unique to Okinawa are sold!

Yamato Transport Shipping Procedure Corner
Sold Out! Sold Out! Sold out!
lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice of colored cards to determine the winner
At the gara-pon lottery, the special prize (gold) was a whopping 5 kg of Himawari Rice "Yumepirika" + 2 Himawari Suika balls both!
Five 1,000-yen tickets can be used for one drawing!
Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of the town, came to offer encouragement.
Mayor Sasaki also came to give encouragement and interact with the visitors!
A lively conversation with Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki, JA Kitasorachi District Representative Minoru Nagai, and honorary town resident Ryoji Kikura (former JA Kitasorachi Representative Director and Union President).
A lively conversation with Mr. Ryoji Kikura (an honorary resident of Hokuryu Town).
Stunning, superb sunflower watermelon!
We send our endless love, gratitude, and prayers to the small yellow "Sunflower Watermelon" that delivers happiness and deliciousness with its happy color.
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◇ Photography and Editing: Noboru Terauchi Reporting and Writing: Ikuko Terauchi
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