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Public organizations, etc.

  • July 17, 2024

7 Tourist Facilities in Hokuryu Town: 7) Yew Forest and Literature Forest

⑦ Yew Forest and Literature Forest This is a forest handmade by Hokuryu Town residents, supported by their desire to cherish nature. Along the walking path in the forest, there is a monument to Mr. Shosuke Yoshiue, a poet associated with Hokuryu Town, as well as a monument to a man nicknamed "Dorokame-san" in the University of Tokyo Experiment Forest in Furano [...].

  • July 17, 2024

9 Data on tourism, etc.

Hokuryu-cho tourist visitor numbers (Hokkaido Bureau of Tourism, Ministry of Economic Affairs) Hokuryu-cho overnight visitor numbers (data from the Himawari Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Forestry Section, Hokuryu-cho) Hokkaido tourist visitor numbers survey for FY2028 (Hokkaido Bureau of Tourism, Ministry of Economic Affairs)

  • July 17, 2024

12 Memories of the Tourism Association: Mr. Tsutomu Sako, former chairman of the Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Tourism Association

Former Chairman of the Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Tsutomu Samitsu Formerly a town hall employee, he was involved in tourism for many years in the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section of the Industry Division, and was responsible for changing the name of the town festival to the Sunflower Festival and establishing the Sunflower Village. [...].

  • July 17, 2024

12 Memories of the Tourism Association: Mr. Toshimasa Takahashi, Deputy Mayor of Hokuryu Town

Involved in the secretariat of the Tourism Association Vice Mayor of Hokuryu Town, Toshimasa Takahashi, Vice Mayor of Hokuryu Town, was involved in tourism at the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section of the Industry Division, and was in charge of the Sunflower Oil Revival Project when he was the Planning Division Director. He also expanded the area of the Sunflower Village [...].

  • July 17, 2024

12 Memories of the Tourism Association: Mr. Nobuhiro Yamada, former Secretary General of Sunflower Tourism Association

What is "Eminent Domain Law?" Nobuhiro Yamada, former Secretary General of Sunflower Tourist Association He was in charge of the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section from April 1991 to March 1998, and devoted himself to the development of the Sunflower Village parking lot and tourist center. He devoted himself to the development of Sunflower Village as a tourist attraction [...].

  • July 17, 2024

12 Memories of the Tourism Association: Mr. Susumu Asano, former manager of the Sunflower Tourism Center in Hokuryu Town

Looking back on memories of sightseeing in Hokuryu Town Susumu Asano, former manager of the Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourist Center At the Hokuryu Town Office Employees Resident Division, he organized participants from the senior citizens' club for the Cherry Blossom Festival; at Sunflower Park, as manager, he dealt with tourists; at the Planning Section Chief [...]...

  • July 17, 2024

13 Sightseeing characters

Sunflower Blooming Girl In November 1990, we invited applications for a sunflower character, and in March 1991, the design by Hiroe Kamono from the town's Kyoei neighborhood association was adopted. Agri-Fighter North Dragon In the FY 2013 budget assessment, this [...].

  • July 17, 2024

16 Tourism promotion volunteers, etc. 1

16 Volunteers for Tourism Promotion 1 Ryu Topia Kai In 1987, the "Ryu Topia Kai" was formed as a group to think about town development together beyond the fields of agriculture and commerce, and beyond the fields of work, taking the name of the dragon in Hokuryu-cho and utopia, an ideal town. The following year (1988), a thousand [...].

  • July 17, 2024

16 Tourism promotion volunteers, etc. 2

JA Kitasorachi Agricultural Cooperative Women's Club Hokuryu Branch JA Kitasorachi Agricultural Cooperative Fresh Miz Hokuryu Branch - Himawari Festival "Agricultural Products Sales" Himawari Rice Production Association - Himawari Festival "Rice Festival" - New Rice Festival Himawari Melon Production Association, [...]

  • July 17, 2024

16 Tourism promotion volunteers, etc. 3

Noboru Terauchi and Ikuko Terauchi (Regional Development Cooperation Volunteers ⇒ Community Support Volunteers) Noboru and Ikuko Terauchi arrived in 2010 as members of the Hokuryu Town Regional Development Cooperation Volunteers and have been promoting Hokuryu Town's tourism, local products, events and other activities through the Internet, [...].

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