A gathering of delicious smiles! Report on the "Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Summer Festival"

Thursday, August 14, 2025

On Saturday, August 9th, the Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Summer Festival was held, drawing many visitors! A wide variety of delicious delicacies were on offer, including Kurosengoku waterless curry, Pietro dressing, and Filipino cuisine. There was also a kids' dance, a Kendama show, and a bingo tournament with fantastic prizes. It was a wonderful day filled with smiles under the summer sun, all over town.

A gathering of delicious smiles! Report on the "Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Summer Festival"

The Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Summer Festival was held in the parking lot next to Minoritch Hokuryu from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2025, and was bustling with many families and local residents.

A stage made from a large truck will be set up at the venue, surrounded by a variety of gourmet tents and food trucks.

Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Summer Festival
Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Summer Festival
A venue with a large truck stage and tent booths
A venue with a large truck stage and tent booths

An exciting time schedule!

There will be lots of stage events on the day!

  • Kendama Show:10:30〜 / 13:00〜
  • Kids Dance Show:11:00〜 / 13:30〜
  • Bingo Tournament:14:00~

A wide variety of gourmet food and fun booths!

Himawari Saki also came to the venue to support the event, filling the air with a delicious aroma.

Sunflower Saki also went to support the event!
Sunflower Saki also went to support the event!

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The baked donut food truck "Loveringu" also served "Kurosengoku Waterless Curry." Loveringu, a heart-shaped baked donut made with rice flour from Hokuryu Town and homemade Kurosengoku soy milk, was sold for a special price of 1,000 yen for five donuts during the event.

Lovely Kitchen Car
Lovely Kitchen Car
Corn picked that morning!
Corn picked that morning!

A new sensation: Karinto "Carineo" (onion salt)!

New sensation karinto "Carineo" (onion salt)
New sensation karinto "Carineo" (onion salt)

Fun game corner

Kids loved the "yo-yo fishing" at the whale pool and the "lottery" where you could win something, all for just 50 yen each.

Tents lined up in rows!
Tents lined up in rows!
Yo-yo fishing at Whale Pool
Yo-yo fishing at Whale Pool
Raffle tickets and toys
Raffle tickets and toys

Pietro

At the booth of Pietro, a well-known brand of dressing, there will also be an event where you can make your own original dressing called "DecoDre," where you can use your own drawing as the label!

Pietro Dressing
Pietro Dressing
A wide variety of types!
A wide variety of types!

Togashi Shoten

Dried bonito flakes are known for being "super delicious!"

"These bonito flakes are so delicious!"
"These bonito flakes are so delicious!"

Filipino cuisine "A&O"

A food truck where you can enjoy authentic Filipino street food. The menu is extensive!

Filipino cuisine "A&O"
Filipino cuisine "A&O"
  • Halo-halo:A mix-and-match dessert topped with tropical fruits, shaved ice, and purple yam "ube" ice cream.
  • Harbian Shanghai:Minced meat and vegetable spring rolls.
  • Other attractive menu items include gapao rice, long potatoes, and steamed rice flour buns!

・Ube is "purple yam," a Filipino superfood!

Halo-halo, Harbian, Fried chicken, Gapao rice
Halo-halo, Harbian, Fried chicken, Gapao rice

Fried Chicken Specialty Restaurant Toriwara

There will also be an authentic fried chicken specialty store that won the highest gold award at the Grand Prix hosted by the Japan Fried Chicken Association!

・Chicken skin chips, fried chicken

Fried Chicken Specialty Restaurant Toriwara
Fried Chicken Specialty Restaurant Toriwara

Thai T-shirt Cinema Village

・Unique T-shirts are available.

Thai T-shirt Cinema Village
Thai T-shirt Cinema Village

Tapioca drink

This tapioca drink shop is made with love and care by local revitalization cooperation team members Takatsuki Masayuki and Arai Tsubasa, as well as staff from the Hokuryu Town Hall's Town Future Strategy Division.

Two local revitalization volunteers: from left, Masayuki Takatsuki and Tsubasa Arai
Two local revitalization volunteers: from left, Masayuki Takatsuki and Tsubasa Arai

What's unique is the Mifune Toshiro-style illustrated poster created by team member Tsubasa Arai using generative AI!

A unique image in the style of Toshiro Mifune's "A Man Shuts Up and Drinks Sapporo Beer"! "A Man Shuts Up and Drinks Western Milk Tea (Tapioca Milk Tea)."

Toshiro Mifune style "A Man Should Keep Silent and Make Western Milk Tea (Tapioca Milk Tea)" (Produced by Tsubasa Arai)
Toshiro Mifune style "A Man Should Keep Silent and Make Western Milk Tea (Tapioca Milk Tea)" (Produced by Tsubasa Arai)

Original tapioca drinks that can only be enjoyed here include tapioca milk tea, tapioca orange juice, and Kurosengoku kinako tapioca milk, which contains Kurosengoku kinako.

Kurosengoku Kinako Tapioca Milk
Kurosengoku Kinako Tapioca Milk

"Tapioca + Kurosengoku Kinako + Milk + Brown Syrup" Handmade with love!

Tapioca drink making
Tapioca drink making

Kids Dance Show

A large truck was set up at the venue, transforming it into a stage, and energetic members of the Kids Dance Show (Dance school NEST, MAN Dance Boys' Club Rumoi) took to the stage to show off their brilliant dancing and Kendama skills.

Kids Dance
Kids Dance
Change your costume!
Change your costume!

Dance by dance instructor Fumiya Chiyozaki

Dance by instructor Fumiya Chiyozaki
Dance by instructor Fumiya Chiyozaki
Dancing Chic
Dancing Chic

Kendama Show

Members of the Hokuryu Kendama Club showed off one difficult trick after another!

Kendama Show
Kendama Show
Fun times
Fun times

Bingo Tournament

Bingo Tournament
Bingo Tournament

・A no-lose bingo card will be distributed to those who make a purchase at the booth (limited quantity)

Prizes: Pietro dressing, sunflower oil assortment, pair of Hokuryu Town day trip bath tickets, Kurosengoku assortment, scallop dressing, Hokuryu soba noodles, sunflower rings, etc.

The bingo tournament starts at 2pm!

Hokuryumon
Hokuryumon
Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen
Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen

With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers, we offer our heartfelt thanks to the Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Summer Festival, a delicious and fun midsummer event that will connect you with wonderful people and leave you feeling excited and thrilled.

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