Updated on Saturday, October 18th and Sunday, October 19th, 2025
- 1 The warmth of handcrafts brings harmony between people. A moving record of the "Hokuryu Town Sunflower Town Craft Marche 2025"
- 1.1 Reception: Sunflower candy gift
- 1.2 The large hall was filled with a miraculous heat.
- 1.3 Living artworks and the exchange of "compassion"
- 1.4 Hokuryu Town becomes a new "crossroads of encounters"
- 1.5 Venue layout
- 1.5.1 1. Snowball Studio (Hokkaido) / Pottery (Exhibiting only on the 18th)
- 1.5.2 2. salvia (Hokuryu Town) / Resin work (exhibited only on the 18th)
- 1.5.3 3. Singing Stone -Utaishi-ya- (Sapporo City) / Natural stone accessories
- 1.5.4 4. Shiriya (Hokkaido) / Animal Slippers
- 1.5.5 5. Kogata Shokudo (Hokkaido) / Miniature Food
- 1.5.6 6. hijiri13 making things (Hokkaido) / Glass beads and accessories
- 1.5.7 7. Tokadin (Hokuryu Town) / Nyanduti Macrame
- 1.5.8 8. LAPIN, a small confectionery shop that brings happiness (Nayoro City) / Confectionery
- 1.5.9 9. enacoffee (Asahikawa City) / Coffee (Coffee beans roasted in a roasting pan and a sample roaster (hand-cranked roaster))
- 1.5.10 10. caramella (Kanagawa Prefecture) / Bags
- 1.5.11 11. Atelier Clair (Hokkaido) / Floral Goods
- 1.5.12 12. mined (Hokkaido) / Earrings
- 1.5.13 13. yu-hi (Yu-in) Kumihimo Artist (Hokkaido) / Kumihimo Accessories
- 1.5.14 14. Hiruneko Embroidery Shop (Hokkaido) / Embroidered Brooch
- 1.5.15 15. yoki (Ibaraki Prefecture) / Leather and jewelry
- 1.5.16 17. Ramsoncho (Hokkaido) / Fabric accessories
- 1.5.17 18. Suffolk Leather (Hokkaido) / Leather goods
- 1.5.18 19. Dragon Handmade (Hokuryu Town) / Patchwork
- 1.5.19 20. Aura Loco (Kyoto) / Metalwork accessories
- 1.5.20 21. handmade mimaru (Asahikawa City) / Resin works
- 1.5.21 22. Tsumugi (Hokuryu Town) / Accessories made from rice straw and birch bark
- 1.5.22 23. Shiromaru (Hokuryu Town) / Kogin embroidery
- 1.5.23 24. Kobo Horita (Kitami City) / Wooden accessories
- 1.5.24 25. hourglass (Sapporo) / Flower works
- 1.5.25 27. yurumossa (Furano City) / Candles
- 1.5.26 28. Chiko (Tokyo) / Flower Rubber Pouch Workshop
- 1.5.27 29. Tsumami Zaiku Torimachizuki (Sapporo City) / Tsumami Zaiku Workshop
- 1.5.28 30. Nanairo Wood and Leather / Woodworking and Leather Workshop (Exhibiting only on the 18th)
- 1.5.29 Stage / Hokuryu Kendama Club
- 1.6 WORKSHOP
- 1.7 Food truck
- 1.7.1 Kurosengoku Loveling (Kurosengoku Business Association: Baked goods, Hokuryu Town)
- 1.7.2 Miya-chan's Jumbo Yakitori (Yakitori, Imoseushi Town)
- 1.7.3 Le Pont Neigu (crepes, Chishibetsu Town)
- 1.7.4 Only on the 18th: Boono (Zangi, chicken wings, Bibai City)
- 1.7.5 19th only: Nakotako (Takoyaki, Shintotsukawa Town)
- 1.8 This is the society we aim for.
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The warmth of handcrafts brings harmony between people. A moving record of the "Hokuryu Town Sunflower Town Craft Marche 2025"
- Date and Time:October 18th (Sat) and 19th (Sun) 11:00-16:00
- venue:Hokuryu Town Community Center, 2nd floor large hall
- Organizer:Hokuryu Town, Creema
Reception: Sunflower candy gift
- We will give a free sunflower candy to those who fill out the visitor survey! (First 100 people)
- Plus, if you follow @hokuryu.craft on Instagram, you'll receive two more sunflower candies! Collect three and make a sunflower bouquet!
The large hall was filled with a miraculous heat.
On Saturday, October 18th, the large hall of Hokuryu Town Community Center was filled with a warm, almost miraculous, excitement. The Hokuryu Town Sunflower Town Craft Marche Supported by Creema was a place where works filled with the soul of creators from all over the country met with the pure smiles of the people who came to see them. This beautiful event was about to begin.
It was not just a place where things were lined up. It was a place where people could meet and connect with each other through the "warmth of handiwork" that cannot be measured by efficiency or rationality, and it was a "plaza where a new form of harmony was born."
Living artworks and the exchange of "compassion"
As soon as you step inside the venue, you'll see the smiling faces of many people, transcending generations and positions. A woman gently picks up an accessory and squints at its delicate shine. People exchange warm words with the makers and share the joy of finding a favorite piece.
Each booth was filled with the pure passion of the makers, who said, "I love this," and the "kindness" that Hokuryu Town values, wanting to "make someone happy." This is the very essence of human warmth that modern society seems to have forgotten.
Hokuryu Town becomes a new "crossroads of encounters"
The sunflowers of Hokuryu Town brought together around 30 creators from all over Japan (19 Creema creators and 11 local creators). This is because the warm Japanese spirit that flows through this town resonated with the souls of all the creators.
The venue also hosted fascinating workshops such as "Making a Small Knotted Flower Elastic Band / Frill Pouch," "Tsumami Zaiku Workshop: Choose from 120 Fabric Colors," and "Nanairo Wood and Leather / Woodworking and Leather Workshop." Visitors did not just buy the works, but experienced the "joy of creation" for themselves, and the emotions of the day were engraved in their hearts as a deeper "story." It was a wonderful sight.
Venue layout
1. Snowball Studio (Hokkaido) / Pottery (Exhibiting only on the 18th)
2. salvia (Hokuryu Town) / Resin work (exhibited only on the 18th)
3. Singing Stone -Utaishi-ya- (Sapporo City) / Natural stone accessories
4. Shiriya (Hokkaido) / Animal Slippers
5. Kogata Shokudo (Hokkaido) / Miniature Food
6. hijiri13 making things (Hokkaido) / Glass beads and accessories
7. Tokadin (Hokuryu Town) / Nyanduti Macrame
8. LAPIN, a small confectionery shop that brings happiness (Nayoro City) / Confectionery
9. enacoffee (Asahikawa City) / Coffee (Coffee beans roasted in a roasting pan and a sample roaster (hand-cranked roaster))
10. caramella (Kanagawa Prefecture) / Bags
11. Atelier Clair (Hokkaido) / Floral Goods
12. mined (Hokkaido) / Earrings
13. yu-hi (Yu-in) Kumihimo Artist (Hokkaido) / Kumihimo Accessories
14. Hiruneko Embroidery Shop (Hokkaido) / Embroidered Brooch
15. yoki (Ibaraki Prefecture) / Leather and jewelry
17. Ramsoncho (Hokkaido) / Fabric accessories
18. Suffolk Leather (Hokkaido) / Leather goods
19. Dragon Handmade (Hokuryu Town) / Patchwork
20. Aura Loco (Kyoto) / Metalwork accessories
21. handmade mimaru (Asahikawa City) / Resin works
22. Tsumugi (Hokuryu Town) / Accessories made from rice straw and birch bark
23. Shiromaru (Hokuryu Town) / Kogin embroidery
24. Kobo Horita (Kitami City) / Wooden accessories
25. hourglass (Sapporo) / Flower works
27. yurumossa (Furano City) / Candles
28. Chiko (Tokyo) / Flower Rubber Pouch Workshop
29. Tsumami Zaiku Torimachizuki (Sapporo City) / Tsumami Zaiku Workshop
30. Nanairo Wood and Leather / Woodworking and Leather Workshop (Exhibiting only on the 18th)
Stage / Hokuryu Kendama Club
WORKSHOP
1. Making a small knotted flower elastic / Frill pouch
2. Tsumami Zaiku Workshop: Choose from 120 colors of fabric
3. Make your own original keychain using leather and wood
Food truck
Kurosengoku Loveling (Kurosengoku Business Association: Baked goods, Hokuryu Town)
Miya-chan's Jumbo Yakitori (Yakitori, Imoseushi Town)
Le Pont Neigu (crepes, Chishibetsu Town)
Only on the 18th: Boono (Zangi, chicken wings, Bibai City)
19th only: Nakotako (Takoyaki, Shintotsukawa Town)
This is the society we aim for.
Especially in this digital age, people seek the warmth of tactile sensations.
In this age where it's easy to feel lonely, people seek out encounters with whom they can connect.
This event was a moving moment, as a new seed of "handcraftsmanship" was sown in the soil of the "spirit of harmony" that is Hokuryu Town, and blossomed into a beautiful flower, a "circle of smiles."
What we saw here was not competition or division, but rather a form of "co-creation" in which people respected and shared what they loved. This is precisely the kind of society that people all over the world long for deep in their hearts and hope to create.
With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers, we hope that the warmth of this handiwork, together with the "spirit of harmony" of Hokuryu Town, will become a light that illuminates the hearts of people all over the world at the "Sunflower Town Craft Marche."
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