[September 2025] Hokuryu Town Portal Operation Report

• Hokuryu Town Portal All Information: 5 MediaWebsite, 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.
• Currently available in 9 languages:Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau), Indonesian, Vietnamese, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Thai, Hindi (India)
• Access Analysis:Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will be used from June 2024
• Operator/Hokuryu Town Community Supporter:Noboru Terauchi (photography, editing, site management) & Ikuko Terauchi (content planning, article writing, photo selection, video creation)

◉September: Number of visitors: 18,933 people(Average 631 people/30 days)
◉ September: Views: 75,225(Average 2,506 times/30 days)
September: Number of articles: 336(Average 16 cases/21 working days)

Website: Hokuryu Town Portal

Multilingual system (9 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
9. From June 22, 2025:Hindi (India)

September: Access from around the world

◉ Japan: 11,474 people (92% of the total)
◉ Overseas: 936 people (8% of the total)

◉ 262 people in the United States, 141 in Indonesia, 70 in Singapore, 68 in Hong Kong, 66 in Ireland, 60 in Sweden, 58 in Taiwan, and others.
Sapporo city: 2,458 people, Osaka city: 453 people, Shinjuku ward: 304 people, Asahikawa city: 279 people, Fukagawa city: 254 people, Minato ward: 246 people, Yokohama city: 211 people
Access is available from 49 countries (196 UN member states) and 903 cities and towns around the world.

September Feature Articles: 18

◉ Starting June 8th (Sun), we will begin setting lead sentences (approximately 150 characters) at the beginning of articles in preparation for future AI search, with the aim of achieving LLMO (generative AI citation optimization).

1. Disaster prevention and a circle of smiles! Hokuryu Town Welfare Association for the Physically Disabled connects hearts through evacuation drills and a Mölkky event (September 1st)
2. Huge cheers! Hokuryu Town presents "Sunflower Watermelon" to the hippopotamus at Asahiyama Zoo (September 2nd)
3. "Mom and Dad Cafe" held! Ideas to improve child-rearing in Hokuryu Town abound! (September 3rd)
4. Career Design Camp 2025: Students pioneering the future visit Hokuryu Town (September 3rd)
5. Smiles across generations! Hokuryu Town Senior Citizens Welfare Center "Ennichi" brings together people of all ages for nostalgic fun! (September 4th)
6. Career Design Camp 2025: From Construction Company President to Mayor. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki talks about Hokuryu Town's vision for the future (September 5th)
7. Golden news for the 2025 fiscal year! Harvesting of sake rice "Suisei" and the first shipment of sake rice and glutinous rice! (September 5th)
8. Golden ears of rice and the trail of a tornado. Exploring Hokuryu Town with Yasunori Watanabe in the harvest season of autumn (September 5th)
9. Career Design Camp 2025: The Dragon Sunflower Story Begins! Students' Enthusiasm Illuminates the Town's Future (September 8th)
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11. Career Design Camp 2025: Six days of tears and smiles, connecting to the future, and an inspiring graduation ceremony (September 9th)
12. A day filled with smiles and autumn colors! Eirakuen Autumn Fest 2025 (September 10th)
13. Shinryu Elementary School 5th Graders "Rice Farming Experience/Rice Harvesting" An exciting golden rice harvest! Try your hand at traditional rice harvesting! (September 11th)
14. A whirlwind of laughter without side effects! Geisha Boys take Hokuryu Town Himawari University by storm (September 16th)
15. Hokuryu Town and Creema pave the way for a new future for handmade crafts and the region (September 18th)
16. The legendary Kurosengoku soybeans are a big hit at the Asahikawa Station Marche and in the Fukagawa vending machine! (September 19th)
17. Kita Sorachi Block Disability Exchange Association Mölkky Tournament (September 24th)
18. Golden Fruit Embracing the Sun: Hokuryu Town Sunflower Watermelon, a Story that Connects Smiles (September 26th)

Treasures of Hokuryu Town: 8 items

◉ The same content is currently being posted on Instagram. Starting Friday, June 13th, both Japanese and English will be available.

🌻 Photo posting (uploaded to Google Photos: 28 photos)
🌻 Himawari no Sato photo posting (uploaded to Google Photos: 665 photos)

1. Shinryu Shrine main hall roof repainting completed (September 16th)
2. Autumn is approaching at the Nakajima Family Natural Garden! (September 19th)
3. A heartwarming moment: "The new moon morning sun in Hokuryu Town, shining in the clear air" (September 22nd)
4. The lovely autumn fairy flower "Cosmos" (September 22nd)
5. A heartwarming moment: "Crimson purple flowers wrapped in a transparent, pale light" (September 24th)
6. A magnificent myoga ginger in the Nakajima Family Natural Garden! (September 25th)
7. Blessed autumn rains that nourish the earth (September 26th)
8. Japanese pampas grass swaying in the autumn breeze (September 29th)