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Activity report from Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki of Hokuryu Town

  • August 13, 2024

Kenichi Suzuki, Director General of the Sorachi Regional Development Bureau, gave a lecture entitled "What we expect from agriculture in Hokuryu Town in the future" and held an opinion exchange session.

On August 5th (Monday), from 4:00 PM, we will be inviting Kenichi Suzuki, Director of the Hokkaido Sorachi Regional Development Bureau, to give a lecture to young farmers in Hokuryu Town and hold a discussion with them at the Hokuryu Town commercial revitalization facility, COCOWA.

  • August 9, 2024

Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki explores the charms of Hokuryu Town [August 2024]

On Friday, August 9, 2024, from 3:00 PM on Wednesday, August 7, Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki conducted his August inspection tour of Hokuryu Town. This month’s visit was to “Himawari no Sato” (Sunflower Village). He filmed a video message of support for the Sunflower Watermelon project and appeared at Himawari no Sato.

  • July 22, 2024

The people of Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido (Mayor Sasaki), and Hokkaido Kino Agricultural Cooperative Association and Councillor Nishikawa each visited us and made various requests. [Inatsuhisa, Election.com]

On Monday, July 22, 2024, the internet site “Senkyo.com” operated by Ichini Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) posted an article saying, “The people of Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido (Mayor Sasaki) and Kino Agricultural Cooperative, Hokkaido Councilor Nishikawa each visited and made various requests. […]

  • June 24, 2024

A visit to Hokuryu Town, a town known for safe and secure rice production, led by Director-General Yusaku Hiragata of the Agricultural Products Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

On June 21st (Friday) and June 16th (Sunday), Director-General Yusaku Hiragata of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Agricultural Production Bureau, along with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Hokkaido Agricultural Administration Office, visited Hokuryu Town and exchanged opinions with members of the Honoka Agricultural Cooperative.

  • June 5, 2024

Sugar content testing of Hokuryu Town's specialty "Sunflower Watermelon" will be conducted and the product will be shipped to the agricultural cooperative on Thursday, June 6th, with the first auction scheduled for Friday, June 7th in Asahikawa and Sapporo!

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 On Tuesday, June 4, just before 7:00 a.m., two farmers at Hokuryu Town's "Sunflower Watermelon" farms conducted sugar content tests on the ripe "Sunflower Watermelon" ahead of the first shipment of the town's specialty, "Sunflower Watermelon."