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  • July 1, 2024

2024 Hokuryu Firefighting Exercise (Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido): Strict Training and Efforts to Protect the Safety and Security of Town Residents and Their Lives

Monday, July 1, 2024 On Friday, June 28, from 14:30, the Hokuryu Fire Brigade (led by Commander Shigeyuki Nakayama) held the Hokuryu Fire Drill at the north parking lot of the Hokuryu Town Hall. Afterwards, from 17:00, a reception was held at the main hall of the Hokuryu Community Center. The reception was held in the main hall of the Hokuryu Community Center from 5:00 p.m. [...].

  • June 28, 2024

Sunflower watermelons from the Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Production Association were presented to Manryu Elementary School, where they were enjoyed with smiles and gratitude.

June 28, 2024 (Friday) On Thursday, June 27, the Hokuryu Himawari Watermelon Growers Association (Chairman: Akimitsu Takada, Vice Chairman: Kosuke Sato) donated three boxes of "Hokuryu Himawari Watermelons" (12 balls) to the Hokuryu Town Manryu Elementary School. The "Sunflower Watermelon [...]...

  • June 24, 2024

Visit by Mr. Yusaku Hiragata, Director-General of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to "Hokuryu Town, a town that produces safe and reliable rice

June 21, 2024 (Friday) On June 16 (Sunday), Mr. Yusaku Hiragata, Director General, Agricultural Industries Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Hokkaido Agricultural Administration Office visited Hokuryu-cho to exchange views with members of the "Honoka Agricultural Cooperative" [...].

  • June 11, 2024

With heartfelt thanks to all the town hall employees for their environmental beautification activities that make the town shine with the color of sunflowers!

June 11, 2024 (Mon.) On June 7 (Fri.), the Isshin-kai, an employee friendship group to which Hokuryu Town Hall employees belong. The town hall staff members conducted a planting activity as part of the environmental beautification activities within the association. Environmental beautification activities by Hokuryu Town Hall employees [...].

  • June 10, 2024

The first auction of Hokuryu Town's specialty "Himawari Watermelon" 2024 (Kyokuichi Fruit and Vegetable Auction Center, Asahikawa City, Asahikawa) and "Yum!" go back and forth.

Monday, June 10, 2024 The day after the first shipment of sunflower watermelons was made at the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's produce collection and shipping facility on Thursday, June 6, the Kyokuichi Corporation of Asahikawa City, Asahikawa City, Japan, from 6:50 a.m. on Friday, June 7 [...].

  • June 7, 2024

The earliest first shipment of watermelon in all of Hokkaido, the yellow watermelon "Himawari Watermelon" only in Hokuryu Town! The best harvest in the 40th year since the union was established!

June 6, 2024 (Thursday) From 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, at the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's Agricultural Products Collection and Shipping Facility, the town of Hokuryu's Himawari watermelons, including red-fleshed watermelons, were the top first shipment of watermelons in Hokkaido. Including red-fleshed watermelon [...].

  • June 5, 2024

Sugar content test of "Himawari Watermelon," a specialty of Hokuryu Town, conducted; shipment from the agricultural cooperative on June 6 (Thu) and the first auction on June 7 (Fri) in Asahikawa and Sapporo decided!

June 5, 2024 (Wed.) On Tuesday, June 4, before 7:00 a.m., two Himawari watermelon growers inspected the sugar content of their ripening Himawari watermelons before the first shipment of the Hokuryu-cho specialty, Himawari watermelons. The "Himawari [...]" is a specialty of Hokuryu-machi.

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