[May 2025] Hokuryu Town Portal 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"
• "Social Media X" will be released in English on May 27, 2025.
• Access Analysis:Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will be used from June 2024
• Operator:Hokuryu Town Community Supporter, Noboru Terauchi (photographer, editor, updater) & Ikuko Terauchi (writer)

◉ May: Number of visitors: 23,096 people (average 745 people/31 days)
◉ May: Number of articles: 331 (average 17 articles/20 working days)

Website: Hokuryu Town Portal

Multilingual system (8 languages) currently under construction and in operation

❂ We want to share with the world the "spirit of harmony" and "compassion" that the people of Hokuryu hold dear.
❂ Maximum translation volume per day: 800,000 words (approximately 25,000 yen per month)
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1. From January 2020:Japanese(WordPress launch)
2. From June 30, 2024:English
3. From June 30, 2024:traditional language(Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau)
4. From August 1, 2024:Indonesian
5. From November 3, 2024:Vietnamese
6. From May 6, 2025:Turkish
7. From May 6, 2025:Azerbaijani
8. From May 12, 2025:Thai

May: Access from around the world

◉ In Japan: 16,540 people (89% of the total)
◉ Overseas: 1,981 people (11% of the total)

◉ 481 from Hong Kong, 331 from Taiwan, 261 from Singapore, 216 from China, 156 from the United States, 144 from Indonesia, 76 from South Korea, and others. A total of 55 countries (196 UN member states)

May Feature Articles: 13

1. Enjoy the scent of spring with bamboo shoots overflowing with vital energy! (May 1st)
2. Hokuryu Town Office puts into action a townspeople's idea! "Planting cherry tree seedlings" in Nonno Forest (May 2nd)
3. Praying for a good harvest and safety this year at the Hokuryu Land Improvement District "Edaibetsu Dam Water Opening Ceremony" (May 2nd)
4. A kitchen car from "Lovering," a baked heart-shaped doughnut made with rice flour and Kurosengoku soybeans (Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association), will be appearing!!! (May 3rd)
5. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki explores the charms of Hokuryu Town [May 2025] (May 12th)
6. [Sunflower watermelon cultivation, pruning and fruit-bearing pole installation] Takada Akimitsu Farm [Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association] (May 14th)
7. "Eating Lunch Together" with the 1st and 2nd graders of Shinryu Elementary School (May 19th)
8. Kurosengoku Kinako baked donuts "Love Ring" kitchen car opens in front of Cocowa! (May 19th)
9. Himawari Restaurant 7th Anniversary Special Day! (May 20th)
10. Hokuryu Town Pioneer Commemoration Ceremony and Merit Award Ceremony 2025 (May 21st)
11. Shirokuma Bakery's Kurosengoku Soy Meal Bucket! (May 23rd)
12. Shinryu Elementary School 5th grade "Rice cultivation experience and rice planting" (Takada field) (May 23rd)
13. Kitchen car "Kurosengoku Loveling" opens in Takasago Onsen (Asahikawa City)! (May 24th)

Treasures of Hokuryu Town

🌻 Photo posting (uploaded to Google Photos: 86 photos)