50 Years of the Tourism Association [1980s] Year Month Main Events 1980 4 Mr. Susumu Yotsuji, a staff member of the Agricultural Association who participated in a study tour of Europe, saw sunflower fields around Belgrade Airport in the former Yugoslavia [...].
50 Years of Tourism Association History, 1980s: New Frontier Festival New Frontier Festival Since 1987, NHK Hokkaido has organized the "Hometown and Song Contest between Municipalities" in an effort to revitalize Hokkaido [...].
50 Years of the Tourism Association [1990s] Year Month Main Events 1990 4 Tetsuo Sasaki was inaugurated as the head of the Tourism Association 5 The 21st Hokuryu-cho Cherry Blossom Festival was held (Kompirayama Park) 6 "Safe [...] protecting the lives and health of the people
50 Years of Tourism Association [2000s] Year Month Main Events 2000 5 Sunflower Village expanded from 13ha to 14.5ha 5 Appointment of 10 "Hokuryu Tourism Ambassadors" (Hajime Hibaha, Tomoya Shimizu, Susumu Yotsuji, Fujie [...])
50 Years of the Tourism Association [2010s] Year Month Major Events 2010 7 Renovation of the Sunflower Village Observatory 8 Resumption of the Sunflower Festival fireworks display after its cancellation last year 🌻 Expressway [...].
50 Years of the Tourism Association [2020s] Year Month Major Events 2020 2 The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo), which attracted approximately 2 million tourists from Japan and abroad, closed on March 13 after the new strain of coronavirus [...
Cherry Blossom Festival (1970 - 1991) The Cherry Blossom Festival was held in mid-May and drew a large crowd despite the busy farming season. Environmental beautification campaign Full of flowers campaign: installation of flower pots by the Women's Club of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VSP project [...])
At first, sunflowers were planted on a 1.4 km long and 20 m wide farmland from the Wa district to the Wa city area and from the Sunflower Park to the Hekisui city area with a subsidy from the town as a tourist landscape crop. Later, the "Multi-functional Machinery Payment Project" was implemented in the rural area [...].
Agricultural Festival - Town People's Festival - Sunflower Festival: 1960s-1980s tr style="height: 63.75pt;">1965 The 21st Town People's Festival August 1, 1985 [...].
Agricultural Festival - Town People's Festival - Sunflower Festival: 1990s Year Name Date Description 1990 4th Sunflower Festival Sunflower Festival Sunflower Village Main Venue August 4 - August 25 Sunflower Village Hiking & [...].
Agricultural Festival - Town People's Festival - Sunflower Festival: 2000s Year Name Date Description 2000 The 14th Sunflower Festival July 22 - August 25 Sunflower Village Opening Ceremony (Taiko drum performance, Hokuryu Junior High School brass band [...].
50 Years of Tourism Association History, 2000s: Minato KOBE 2001 Sunflower Citizens Symposium Minato KOBE 2001 Sunflower Citizens Symposium Symposium" was held on August 3, 2001 at the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry [...].
Agricultural Festival - Town People's Festival - Sunflower Festival: 2010 - 2023 Year Name Date Description 2010 The 24th Sunflower Festival July 17 - August 25, 2010 Sunflower Village Opening Ceremony (Hokuryu drums, tape [...].
Awards, Certificates of Appreciation, etc. ❂ March 1983 "My Village is Beautiful" Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award (Hokuryu Town) ❂ February 1988 Hokkaido Industrial Contribution Award (Women's Division of Agricultural Cooperative) Hokkaido Governor ❂ January 1989 Hokkaido Town Development [...].
Our Village is Beautiful" Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award In 1983, the village received the "Our Village is Beautiful" Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award. The award was given to the village for its spectacular view, high productivity in agriculture, and the promotion of border beautification, etc., as well as the cultivation of sunflowers as part of the flower-growing campaign.
Location map of tourist facilities in Hokuryu Town (1) Trail entrance (Sandan no Taki Waterfall) (2) Kinbiga Park (3) Sunflower Village (4) Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen (5) Hill with a view (6) Ryujin no Onko (7) Yew Forest (1) Sandan no Taki Waterfall Shokanbetsu [...] in July, 1963
The red drum bridge over the pond and the red roof of the rest area accentuate the park's location on top of a small hill. The park is usually filled with Ezo-yamazakura and shibazakura cherry trees in bloom from early May to early June, and in autumn, the park is enveloped in autumn leaves, making it a four-season [...].
Sunflower Village is located 1.5 km north of the intersection of National Route 275 and the Doso Zumo Inada line. The Sunflower Village has a total area of 2.8 ha, including the sunflower field NONNO-NO-MORI, parking lot, etc., in the Itaya district. In 1980, the Women's Club of the Agricultural Cooperative [...].
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