On Saturday, June 21st and Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, HBC's "Hokkaido Agri Kingdom NEXT" covered the Hokuryu Town sunflower watermelon. Viewers received gifts, experienced harvesting and polishing, and sampled the watermelons. Agurikko celebrated the efforts of the producers and the sweetness and freshness of the watermelons.
On Friday, June 20, 2025, an article titled "Interview with a Sorachi Migrant in Hokuryu Town: Bringing Western Food Culture to Hokuryu Town!" was published on "Come to Sorachi!", a website run by the Hokkaido Sorachi Regional Development Bureau. (June 19th)
On Thursday, June 19, 2025, MRC Sapporo Co., Ltd. (Sapporo City), which is working on a first-stage prevention EAP to prevent mental health problems, posted an article titled “[News Release] Kita […]” on its website, MRC Sapporo.
On Monday, June 16, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article (dated June 14th) titled, "Just like last year, the taste is excellent: First shipment of Hokuryu's summer delicacy, 'Sunflower Watermelon'." [...]
On Friday, June 13, 2025, an article titled "Shipping of Hokuryu Town's Specialty Sunflower Watermelon, Characterized by Its Yellow Flesh, Begins" was posted on the NHK Hokkaido WEB website operated by NHK (Tokyo). […]
On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website, operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo), published an article titled "Arrow signs to prevent wrong-way driving on expressways. New signs installed at Rumoi Horonuka IC. Accidents occurring frequently nationwide, measures strengthened." (June 12, 2025)
On June 12, 2025 (Thursday), the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) published an article titled "Yellow-fleshed, juicy Hokuryu 'Sunflower Watermelon' shipments begin" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. […]
On Monday, June 9, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "The first university graduates to join the Hokuryu Town JOCV: Arai and Takatsuki, both graduates of Hokkaido University of Information Science, promote the town's appeal through video production." [...]
The 39th Sunflower Festival and Hokuto Pro Wrestling Hokuryu Tournament will be held at the Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourist Center from 5:30 PM on Monday, June 9th, 2025 and Thursday, July 24th, 2025. Free spectators are welcome. Hokuto Pro Wrestling was founded in 2004.
On Monday, June 9, 2025, Kodansha will launch "MANGA MANNERS" at JR Central stations (Tokyo, Shinagawa, Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, etc.). Characters from 17 popular manga series around the world will be introducing etiquette for everyday life and public transportation in Japan.
On Friday, June 6, 2025, the website “Hot Bus,” operated by Hokkaido Optional Tours Co., Ltd. (Sapporo City), posted an ad titled “Sunflowers Forever – The 39th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival / 2 Million Sunflowers Festival <Sapporo […]
On Wednesday, June 4, 2025, an article titled "Takikawa: A delicate perennial plant: 'I want to know about its ecology,' says Haruo Nishiyama (75)" was published on the Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) on June 3. [...]