Friday, November 14, 2025 Interview team Producer: Junko Wada Photographer: Kenzo Kosuge of Atelier of the Sky Writer: Akie Ichijo Related articles ◇
Friday, November 14, 2025 Interview team Producer: Junko Wada Photographer: Kenzo Kosuge of Atelier of the Sky Writer: Akie Ichijo Related articles ◇
Friday, November 14, 2025 “Around the Sunflowers” is an interview media that connects the “feelings” of people living in Hokuryu Town. People who work hard in agriculture and continue community activities gather around the sunflower, the town’s symbol. […]
Friday, November 14, 2025: A new series introducing the brilliant residents of Hokuryu Town, "Around the Sunflowers," has launched on note. The first installment features Kayoko Tanimoto of radio calisthenics, and the second features Tomomi Takeshita of Nyanduti. The town's "Japanese […]"
Addendum: March 27th (Thursday) Mayor Sasaki explores the charms of Hokuryu Town. This March, he visited Hokuryu Town to encourage the "A Little Bit of Everyday Life of an Agricultural Girl" event organized by Miharu Yamagami, an employee of the Honoka Agricultural Cooperative! "A Little Bit of Everyday Life of an Agricultural Girl" […]
On Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 and Thursday, December 5th, Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki visited Hokuryu Town in December. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki’s visit to Hokuryu Town [December 2024] This time, we visited the Best Friend Match Shikoku 2024 Junior High School […]
On November 6th (Wednesday), Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki and the Hokuryu Promotion Corporation President […] congratulated Masao Hoshino (55 years old), who was hired as an employee of Hokuryu Promotion Corporation (a chef at Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen) on November 1st (Friday).
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki conducted his September inspection tour of Hokuryu Town on Tuesday, September 3, from 10:00 AM. Shining young people: Makoto Kitajima and Takuya Ikegawa. Starting this month, new recruits (newly hired workers) and others […]
July 29, 2024 (Monday) The solar illuminations at the home of Setsuya Suzuki (72), located near Hekisui Shrine in Hokuryu Town, are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, and are shining with an even more dazzling and fantastical glow this year. Setsuya Suzuki Luminarie […]
Friday, May 24, 2024: A magnificent display of moss phlox in a farmer's garden. The breathtaking beauty of the scenery instantly captivated me, transporting me to a dream world. By coincidence, on the day I visited, the owner, who regularly tends to the moss phlox, […]
On Thursday, March 31, 2022, Toshiaki Fujii (71), a resident of Hokuryu Town, created a large wooden lantern by hand and installed it in his garden in late March. Toshiaki Fujii and the Lantern The Large Lantern The lantern is a large wooden lantern about 1.8 meters tall […]
January 24, 2022 (Monday) Hiroko Yoshio (74 years old), a resident of Miboshi, Hokuryu Town, and a member of the Hokkaido Haiku Association, Hokuryu Branch, has been awarded the 42nd Samejima Prize by the Hokkaido Haiku Association (Chairman: Minamoto Onihiko) for her collection of haiku titled “Flower Raft.”