[February 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 10 languages:Japanese, English, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Thai, Hindi (India), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Argentina)
• 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)

◉February: Number of visitors: 18,091 people(Average 646 people/28 days)
◉February: Views: 64,662(Average 2,309 times/28 days)
◉February: Number of articles: 315(Average: 18 cases/18 working days)

Website Hokuryu Town Portal

Multilingual system (10 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)
10. From February 1, 2026:Spanish (Argentina)

*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 20, 2025.

Access from around the world

◉ Japan: 5,988 people (56% of the total)
◉ Overseas: 4,787 people (44% of the total)

◉ China 3,208, Singapore 725, Indonesia 201, USA 176, Thailand 47, France 37, Ireland 30, Sweden 28, and others.
Lanzhou City (China) 1,740 people, Sapporo City 1,161 people, Singapore 750 people, Fukagawa City 261 people, Osaka City 237 people, Minato Ward 223 people, Shinjuku Ward 178 people, Gorontalo City (Indonesia) 132 people, Yokohama City 126 people
◉ Accessible from 55 countries (196 UN member states) and 767 cities and towns around the world.

Feature articles: 12

◉ 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. Bonds evolving into the "Yawara Genki Club"! Smiles and the "spirit of harmony" burst forth at the Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club General Meeting and New Year's Party (February 2nd)
2. The start of "co-creation" utilizing local resources! Hokuryu Town x Jabarize Kitayama Co-creation Agreement Signing Ceremony (February 3rd)
3. [Hokuryu Town x Kitayama Village] A miraculous collaboration! Jabara juice and sunflower rice create a rice salad that wards off evil spirits (February 9th)
4. 25th Genki Village Dream Rural Academy General Meeting 2026: Sowing the seeds of inspiration for the future: "New challenges" and the unchanging "spirit of harmony" (February 18th)
5. 25th Genki Village Dream Rural Academy General Meeting and Lecture 2026: "Living by relying on those close to you" - Ms. Natsumi Noya, Umaji Kobo (February 18th)
6. The 25th Genki Village Dream Rural School General Meeting and Social Gathering 2026: Passion and Smiles Weave "100-Year Bonds" and "The Spirit of Rural Villages" (February 18th)
7. Board Game Tournament [Minna no Hiroba Omusubi]: A "Circle of Smiles" and Heartfelt Exchange Across Generations (February 19th)
8. Hokuryu Town Urban Development Forum 2026 Winter: A Future Map of "Smart Shrinkage" and "Heart-to-Heart Bonds" (February 20th)
9. Celebrating the birth of life: Presentation ceremony for the one-of-a-kind original picture book "Your Picture Book" and the spirit of harmony woven by Hokuryu Town (February 20th)
10. [Wato Neighborhood Association President Kiyotaka Hasegawa] Warm bonds and the "spirit of harmony" that cultivate the future: New hope for Hokuryu Town woven together by smart agriculture and consideration for the next generation (February 25th)
11. [Wa Neighborhood Association, Noriaki Nakajima, Neighborhood Association President] Sustainable warmth for the future. Wa Neighborhood Association challenges revision of rules on "kindness" and "spirit of harmony" (February 25th)
12. A fire of compassion lit in the deep blue night sky. 5th Ice Candle Lighting in Hokuryu Town 2026 (February 26th)

Treasures of Hokuryu Town: 6 items

◉ The same content is currently being posted on Instagram. Starting Friday, June 13, 2025, both Japanese and English will be available.

1. Put your prayers into Ehomaki, which brings good fortune! (February 3rd)
2. With gratitude to "Bocco," the guardian of the snowfields (February 4th)
3. Golden Sunlight in a Frozen World (February 5th)
4. Angels of Light Descend on the Snowy Fields (February 10th)
5. A small gesture of hospitality lit in a bus stop window (February 12th)
6. A blissful Valentine's Day cocoa muffin with love, gratitude, and prayers! (February 13th)

🌻 Hokuryu Town Treasures - Photos (uploaded to Google Photos: 16 photos)

🌻 Himawari no Sato photo posting (uploaded to Google Photos: 4 photos)