[September 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:Hokuryu Town Community Supporter, Ikuko Terauchi, Hokuryu Town Portal Volunteer Management Cooperation (filming, editing, and updating): Noboru Terauchi

◉ September: Number of visitors: 24,376 people (average 812 people/30 days)
September: Number of articles: 285 (average 15 articles/19 working days)

September: Hokuryu Town Portal - Access from around the world

◉ Japan: 15,900 people (96% of total)
◉ Overseas: 719 people (4% of total)
(138 from Indonesia, 107 from the United States, 82 from Hong Kong, 58 from Taiwan, 57 from Singapore, 49 from South Korea, and others. A total of 53 countries)

Website ・Hokuryu Portal

September Feature Articles: 16

1. FY2024 Sorachi District Kita Sorachi Sub-District Small Block Training Session 2024 "Health Promotion for the Elderly and Hokuryu Town's Initiatives" "The Charm and Shining Hokuryu Town" (September 2nd)
2. The 2024 fiscal year sake rice "Suisei" harvest has begun! (September 3rd)
3. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki visits Hokuryu Town [September 2024] Shining young people (September 4th) 
4. Shinryu Elementary School 5th graders "Rice cultivation experience" Making and setting up scarecrows and observing the progress of rice cultivation (September 5th)
5. Enjoy autumn with salad rice noodles (rice flour noodles "My Noodle" brown rice noodles & rice flour noodles with Gagome kelp) made with plenty of vegetables from Hokuryu Town (September 6th)
6. Radio calisthenics for 2024 has ended! Let's get our bodies in shape and get through the coming winter in good health! (September 9th)
7. First shipment of new sunflower rice (sake rice and glutinous rice) from the 6th year of Reiwa harvest! (September 9th)
8. Preparations for the 2024 Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival! With one heart and soul, we give thanks for the autumn harvest and bountiful grains (September 10th)
9. With gratitude and prayers for the Sasazushi at the Autumn Festival! (September 10th)
10. 2024 Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival @ Wa Community Center (Wa Neighborhood Association) (September 10th)
11. Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival and Fair (September 11th)
12. Lecture by Naoki Kishi, president of the Hokuryu Kendama Club (social education officer, Hokuryu Town Board of Education) on "The history of the Hokuryu Kendama Club and Kendama recreation that anyone can enjoy" (September 17th)
13. Shinryu Elementary School 5th graders "Rice farming experience" Rice harvesting (Takada Farm) and rice racking (Shinryu Elementary School) (September 24th)
14. Hokuryu Kendama Club 3rd Anniversary Tournament 2024: Adults and children play together with passion (September 26th)
15. Enjoy the silvery white rice of this year, "Sunflower Rice," cooked in a clay pot, with salt-grilled pacific saury! (September 27th)
16. Sapporo Autumn Fest 2024: Participating in the 4th Hokuryu Town stall! Newly harvested "Sunflower Rice" scooping is a big hit! (September 30th)

A treasure of the town of Hokuryu:

🌻 Photo postings (uploaded to Google Photos: 87 photos)

🌻 Multilingual (4 languages) system under construction and operation
(June 30th ~: English and Traditional Language, August 1st (additional) ~: Indonesian)