Thursday, August 14, 2025
- 1 A gathering of delicious smiles! Report on the "Hokuryu Onsen & Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Summer Festival"
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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.
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.
Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association
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.
A 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.
Pietro
At the booth of Pietro, a well-known dressing brand, 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!
Togashi Shoten
Dried bonito flakes are known for being "super delicious!"
Filipino cuisine "A&O"
A food truck where you can enjoy authentic Filipino street food. The menu is extensive!
- 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!
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
Thai T-shirt Cinema Village
・Unique T-shirts are available.
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.
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)."
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.
"Tapioca + Kurosengoku Kinako + Milk + Brown Syrup" Handmade with love!
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.
Dance by dance instructor Fumiya Chiyozaki
Kendama Show
Members of the Hokuryu Kendama Club showed off one difficult trick after another!
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!
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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