[January 2026] Hokuryu Town Portal Operation Report

• Hokuryu Town Portal All Information: 5 Media"Website Hokuryu Town Portal" + "Facebook page: Hokuryu Town Treasures" + "Instagram: Hokuryu Town Treasures" + "Youtube Hokuryu Town Portal」
• 「SNS X" will be released in English (May 27, 2025)
• Currently available in 9 languages:Japanese, English, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Thai, Hindi (India), Portuguese (Brazil)
• 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)

◉January: Number of visitors: 22,414 people(Average 723 people/31 days)
◉January: Views: 79,407(Average 2,561 times/31 days)
◉January: Number of articles: 267(Average 15 cases/18 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: 500,000 words (approximately 15,000 yen per month)
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1. From January 2020:Japanese(WordPress launch)
2. From June 30, 2024:English (AUS)
3. From August 1, 2024:Indonesian
4. From November 3, 2024:Vietnamese
5. From May 6, 2025:Turkish
6. From May 6, 2025:Azerbaijani
7. From May 12, 2025:Thai
8. From June 22, 2025:Hindi (India)
9. From January 1, 2026:Portuguese (Brazil)

*From November 7th to 9th, 2025, the server will be subject to access restrictions due to a DDOS attack.
*Due to the large number of bots using traditional Chinese, translation will stop on November 20th.

Access from around the world

◉ Japan: 6,635 people (50% of the total)
◉ Overseas: 6,592 people (50% of the total)

◉ China 5,805, US 215, Indonesia 139, India 52, Singapore 35, Sweden 30, Ireland 24, UK 23, etc.
Sapporo City: 1,190 people, Osaka City: 277 people, Fukagawa City: 226 people, Minato Ward: 164 people, Shinjuku Ward: 163 people, Yokohama City: 125 people, Chiyoda Ward: 107 people
◉ Accessible from 43 countries (196 UN member states) and 776 cities and towns around the world.

Feature articles: 9

◉ 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. 43rd New Year's Day Marathon 2026 (January 1st)
2. Smiles of trust and cooperation bloom in the snow. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki visits neighborhood association presidents for the New Year (January 9th)
3. "Seeing each other's faces" is the most precious thing. Yawara Neighborhood Association New Year's Party 2026 (January 21st)
4. Hekisui Chomeikai's New Year's Party 2026 (January 23rd) - Harmony and the Future
5. Hokuryu Town Portal as a Lighthouse for the World: 16 Years of History and "Trust Capital" Lecturers: Noboru and Ikuko Terauchi (Hokuryu Town Himawari University) (January 26th)
6. Smiles of "Japaneseness" bloomed at Tokyo Big Sight! HandMade In Japan Fes' Winter (2026) Exhibition Report (January 27th)
7. [Report] Comprehensive research report on the system design of specific regional development business cooperatives and their ripple effects on the local economy: In-depth analysis of all Hokkaido cases and advanced models nationwide (January 28)
8. Sowing the seeds for the future. The Hokuryu Sunflower Community Development Cooperative Association held its inaugural general meeting! (January 28th)
9. 91 smiling faces in full bloom! Hokuryu Town Sunflower Longevity Association Federation New Year's Party 2026 - The joy of gathering and the happiness of conversation (January 29th)

Treasures of Hokuryu Town: 11 items

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

1. [New Year's Greetings] A powerful year filled with energy and passion: "2026, Year of the Horse" (January 1st)
2. The warmth of melting snow, soulful New Year's Eve soba (January 2nd)
3. Colorful "Kotobuki Oshizushi" - New Year's prayers and the spirit of harmony (January 6th)
4. The warmth of "Seven Herb Rice Porridge" to pray for good health and a bountiful harvest (January 7th)
5. Sub-zero Magic, Soul-Warming Dawn Light (January 8th)
6. The Seventeenth Night Moon (Tachimachizuki) with a Rainbow Halo - A Prayer for Miracles and Harmony at Dawn (January 9th)
7. "Kagami-biraki Zenzai with Mochi" with prayers for good health! (January 13th)
8. Silence of the Snowy Fields and Melody of Light (January 14th)
9. Azure and silvery silence melting into the sky (January 15th)
10. Geometric patterns of nature painted on a snowy canvas (January 16th)
11. Watched over by the silvery guardian deity, Mount Edai (January 19th)

🌻 Hokuryu Town Treasures - Photos (uploaded to Google Photos: 45 photos)

🌻 Himawari no Sato photo posting (uploaded to Google Photos: 9 photos)