On Thursday, May 15, 2025, the YouTube channel run by JA Kitasorachi, [JA Kitasorachi Kitasora Channel], will feature an interview with five producers who received the "Yumepirika no Takumi" award! They will talk about their passion for rice farming! [...]
On Monday, May 12, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "Hokkaido Election Commission Sorachi Branch Establishes House of Councillors Election Headquarters" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, dated May 9. We would like to share this article with you.
On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) published an article titled "Hokuryu Sunflower Festival: Parking Fee 500 Yen, Free for Local Residents" (dated April 28th) on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. [...]
On Monday, April 28, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "Tourism season in Sorachi begins in earnest: Greenland is home to 'Sumikko Gurashi' and 'Kamen Rider Gab'" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital.
On Thursday, April 24, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "Kurosengoku Kinako-Flavored Madeleines on Sale in Hokuryu for a Limited Time, Including Roll Cakes" (dated April 23) on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "B&G Foundation Signs Agreement with Seven Municipalities in the Sorachi Region to Provide Disaster Supplies" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, dated April 21. […]
On Friday, April 18, 2025, an article titled “Tokusato,” an internet site run by One Reach LLC (Shiga Prefecture) that compares hometown tax return rates, titled “Hokkaido’s Hokuryu Town Ranks #1: Hometown Tax Return Rate for ‘Yumepirika’ & #0 […]” was published.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
April 10, 2025 (Thursday) [Japan's Largest Sunflower Field] Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki of Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido, which boasts the largest cultivated area in Japan, visited the Diet office. The view of approximately 2 million sunflowers in full bloom, dyed yellow, was truly breathtaking.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) published an article titled "Kita Sorachi Funeral Hall Opens in Fukagawa" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, dated April 7. We would like to share this with you. [...]
On Monday, April 7, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet website operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article titled "Praying for a good harvest this year: Planting of Hokuryu's specialty 'Sunflower Watermelon' begins" (dated April 5). [...]
Friday, April 4, 2025: The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website, operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City), has published an article (dated April 3) titled "Planting of Hokuryu's Specialty, Sunflower Watermelon, Begins." We would like to introduce it to you. [...]