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 [...].
Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen (④) Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen is a hot spring resort facility located along Route 275, and is designated as the 17th roadside station in Hokkaido. Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen opened in June 1992, and in October 1994 [...].
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 [...].
Sunflower Festival Executive Committee Budget 1989-1998 Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Tourist Association Settlement 1999-2010 Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Tourist Association Settlement 2011-2022
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)
1984 (1985) Huetai Dake Development Concept (ski resort) Hokuryu Huetai Dake General Forest Recreation Development Etai Resort (3rd Sector Sanei Sports) Ski resort slope area: 85.40 hectares Youth resort se [...].
1989 Sunflower Park Basic Concept A rural resort development combining agriculture and tourism was planned in the vicinity of Itaya 164, along National Route 275. The period of the project was five years from 1990, with a total project cost of approximately 1.6 billion yen.
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