[March 2026] Hokuryu Town Portal Operation Report

Monday, April 6, 2026

◉March: Number of visitors: 26,441 people(Average 853 people/31 days)
◉ March: Views: 85,402(Average 2,754 times/31 days)
◉ March: Number of articles: 307(Average 15 cases/21 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

◉ In Japan: 7,150 people (76% of the total)
◉ Overseas: 2,220 people (24% of the total)

◉ Singapore 1,264, USA 288, Indonesia 193, China 177, Ireland 55, Thailand 40, Hong Kong 34, Sweden 34, India 31, and others.

○ Sapporo City 1,534 people, Singapore 1,086 people, Minato Ward 350 people, Fukagawa City 310 people, Osaka City 276 people, Shinjuku Ward 191 people, Gorontalo City (Indonesia) 143 people, Asahikawa City 141 people, Lanzhou City (China) 1,740 people,

◉ Accessed from 58 countries worldwide (out of 196 UN member states) and 794 municipalities.

Featured articles: 14 articles

◉ Starting in June 2025, we will begin setting a lead paragraph (approximately 150 characters) at the beginning of each article, aiming for LLMO (Generative AI Citation Optimization). This is to prepare for future AI search compatibility.

1. Creating the Future Together: A Spirit of Harmony - Monthly Activity Report Meeting for Community Support Workers and Regional Revitalization Cooperation Team Members - January 2026 (March 5th)
2. Bringing a new pulse to Himawari no Sato. Resident briefing session for the "Exciting Future Creation Center (tentative name)," a project to create the next 100 years together with the townspeople, at the Mihaya Training Center (March 5th).
3. [Naoki Kishi, Social Education Specialist - Research Presentation] Creating a Sustainable Form of Social Education Through "Bridges" Between Generations: Hokuryu Town Delivering the "Spirit of Harmony" to the World (March 12)
4. The first brushstroke towards abundance painted across the snowfield. The cultivation record of Mizuho Co., Ltd.'s "Dense Seedling Nanatsuboshi" rice in Hokuryu Town, 2026, has begun! (March 16)
5. The National Government's "Regional Revitalization 2.0" Initiative and the Challenges of Hokuryu Town, with a Population of 1,553 (September 2025 - February 2026) (March 17)
6. [Sunflower Festival Story] A Symphony of Earth and People ~ A Miraculous Story Woven by the Townspeople Towards the 40th Anniversary of the Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival ~ (March 19)
7. [The Sunflower Rice Story] A 35-year story contained in a single grain of rice (March 19)
8. [The Story of Kurosenkoku Soybeans] The Miracle Black Beans of Hokuryu Town, "Kurosenkoku Soybeans": From the Brink of Despair to the World, 20 Years of Love and Passion (March 19)
9. [The Sunflower Watermelon Story] A golden fruit imbued with the sun. The story of the sunflower watermelon from Hokuryu Town, connecting smiles (March 19)
10. [The Story of Sunflower Melon Cultivation] A year-long epic of life woven by farmers in Hokuryu Town (March 19)
11. The phrase "child-rearing" is changing Hokuryu Town: Hokuryu Town declares itself a "town for child-rearing" - a town where people can say they love Hokuryu Town (March 19)
12. Ryūsai, a cozy, stand-alone restaurant, opens on the Mashike-Inada Prefectural Road in Hokuryū-chō! (March 24th)
13. Innovative technologies that will shape the future of agriculture have arrived in Hokuryu Town! Report on the Hokuryu Town Agricultural Research Seminar (March 25th)
14. Aki Shiraishi's Gymnastics Class: Smiles, Sweat, and a 20-Minute Miracle. The Activities of the Community Revitalization Cooperation Team Shine at Group Home Hekisui (March 26)

Treasures of Hokuryu Town: 8 items

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

1. A "copper-colored" light shines in the winter sky (March 6th)
2. "Footprints of Life" Leading into the Future (March 9)
3. "Golden prayers" blooming on the trees on a harsh winter morning (March 10)
4. Ice sculptures woven from winter raindrops (March 11)
5. As spring equinox begins, a light of hope shines across the snow-covered plains (March 17th)
6. With gratitude for the sacred brilliance of snowflake "ice jewelry"! (March 25th)
7. A gradient of blue melts into the silence of the snowfield (March 26)
8. The morning sun glittering over a yew tree (March 27)

🌻 Treasures of Hokuryu Town - Photos posted (40 photos uploaded to Google Photos)

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

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