Monday, May 10, 2021
On Saturday, May 8, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., the Hokuryu Town agricultural and livestock products direct sales store "Minoricchi Hokuryu (manager: Mikio Hara)" opened!
Closed on Wednesdays from Saturday, May 8 to Friday, June 18; after Friday, June 18 and until mid-October, we will be open without regular holidays. Business hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- 1 Minorikchi Hokuryu Opening Ceremony
- 2 Hokuryu Taiko performance of "Senrai no En" and "Harukaze
- 3 Greetings from Hiroyo Nakamura, President of Minorichi-Hokuryu Shippers' Council
- 4 The store is filled with a variety of fresh vegetables!
- 4.1 Green vegetables, legumes
- 4.2 Sunfruit (produced in Ehime Prefecture)
- 4.3 Bogor Pineapple direct from Okinawa
- 4.4 Various breads
- 4.5 Various sweets
- 4.6 Potato chips produced by Fukagawa Oil and Fat (no chemical seasoning added)
- 4.7 Sunflower oil, Kuro Sengoku soybean and sunflower oil dressing, bamboo grass dumplings
- 4.8 sunflower rice
- 4.9 Glutinous rice "Hakucho-mochi", rice flour
- 4.10 Handicraft corner: cloth masks, knitted goods, tissue boxes, etc.
- 4.11 Seedlings: mini-tomatoes, lettuce, very early cabbage, Kitahikari, hawkweed, etc.
- 4.12 Thank you for your many purchases!
- 5 Open Commemorative Gift
- 6 Inside the crowded restaurant!
- 7 More Photos
- 8 Related Articles and Websites
Minorikchi Hokuryu Opening Ceremony

The event was moderated by Mr. Hajime Namba, Manager of the Industrial Division of the Hokuryu Town Hall!

Hokuryu Taiko performance of "Senrai no En" and "Harukaze
In the midst of the many people who came to support the event, two songs, "Kawarai no banquet" and "Harukaze" were performed by the Hokuryu Taiko (Representative: Hiroyo Nakamura) to commemorate the opening.


Talk by Chihiro Itagaki, Taiko player

We interviewed Chihiro Itagaki.
The piece "Senrai no En" was composed with the image of the sounds of the various rivers in Sorachi overlapping each other, as if a banquet were being held, and spreading throughout the region.
May you have many wonderful encounters and connections!
Lai" means flute, echo, voice, or the sound of nature. The sound of the river, folded together, represents people's encounters and connections.
Mr. Kimihiko Matsumura, the representative of Matsumura-gumi, a taiko drum group in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, wrote this song in the hope that many wonderful encounters and connections will be made through this song.
The 4th Annual Wadaiko Drumming! (June 27, Fukagawa City)
On Sunday, June 27, the participating teams will perform together at the "4th Annual Wadaiko Deai! The participating teams will perform together at the
Participating teams are: Fukagawa City "Otoe Ilmu Taiko", Numata Town "Numata Yataka Taiko", Imosegyu Town "Moseushi Kogane Taiko", Amaryu Town "Shokanrenzan Taiko Preservation Society", Hokuryu Town "Hokuryu Taiko". Enjoy!" .
Echoing heartbeats

Hokuryu Taiko, Hiroyo Nakamura Representative's Yokobue flute

The sound of the transverse flute and the drumbeat of the heroic taiko drums filled the hall with the sound of fighting spirit, carried by the spring breeze.
Greetings from Hiroyo Nakamura, President of Minorichi-Hokuryu Shippers' Council

Good morning, everyone. We were worried about rain, but it has cleared up now. We will do our best to manage Minorikchi Hokuryu from now until autumn.
We appreciate your patronage and thank you for all the hard work you are doing at the store. So, we are open today! Thank you very much for your patronage! .

The store is filled with a variety of fresh vegetables!
Wild horseradish, Japanese butterbur, green onions, spinach, komatsuna, burdock root, onions, carrots, potatoes, cucumbers, beans, sun-fruit, and clear-fruit oranges...etc.
Green vegetables, legumes


Sunfruit (produced in Ehime Prefecture)

Bogor Pineapple direct from Okinawa
Okinawan pineapple that can be torn by hand and eaten down to the core!


Various breads

Various sweets

Potato chips produced by Fukagawa Oil and Fat (no chemical seasoning added)

Sunflower oil, Kuro Sengoku soybean and sunflower oil dressing, bamboo grass dumplings

Instant soba noodles, processed Kuro Sengoku soy products, drink corner

sunflower rice

Glutinous rice "Hakucho-mochi", rice flour

Handicraft corner: cloth masks, knitted goods, tissue boxes, etc.

Seedlings: mini-tomatoes, lettuce, very early cabbage, Kitahikari, hawkweed, etc.

Thank you for your many purchases!

Open Commemorative Gift
The opening commemorative gifts for those who made purchases were "Sasa-dango (bamboo dumplings)" and "handmade plastic bag containers made by mothers!
Thank you for the wonderful gift!
Mother's handmade plastic bag container

Inside the crowded restaurant!

The fun of choosing vegetables! Which one shall I choose?

We hope that the fresh vegetables grown with love and care by the growers of Hokuryu-cho will be delivered to many people with much deliciousness and sincerity.
With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers for the vegetables overflowing with energy, "Hokuryu-cho Agricultural and Livestock Products Direct Sales Store, Minoricchi Hokuryu".

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