On Friday, June 27, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "The 20-Year Story of Hokuryu's Mythical Kurosengoku Soybeans: Expanding Their Use as a 'New Local Specialty'" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, run by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo).
On June 26, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "The 20-Year Story of the Hokuryu Kurosengoku Soybean's Revival: A New Encounter and Passion to Bring Its Sprouts" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital.
On June 26, 2025 (Thursday), the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet website operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article titled "Refreshingly sweet and bursting with juice: Hokuryu 'Sunflower Melon' shipments begin" (dated June 25). [...]
On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "The 20-Year Story of the Hokuryu Kurosengoku Soybean's Revival: Ultra-Small Grains, Health-Conscious, and in the Spotlight" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital.
On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "Stockpiled rice sales begin in the northern and northern Sorachi regions. Queues form at major supermarkets: 'Finally, we can buy it cheaply.'" (dated June 24) on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. [...]
On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "The sweetest and most textured melons in recent years: Shipments of sunflower melons begin in Hokuryu" (dated June 23) on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. [...]
June 21, 2022 (Sat) On the Hokkaido Broadcasting Corporation (HBC) website, a gourmet documentary site called “Agri Kingdom,” they posted an article titled “Pay attention to the ‘Hokuryu Town Sunflower Watermelon Edition,’ which will be broadcast on June 28 (Sat) next week!” (dated June 21) […]
On Saturday, June 21st and Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, HBC's "Hokkaido Agri Kingdom NEXT" covered the Hokuryu Town sunflower watermelon. Viewers received gifts, experienced harvesting and polishing, and sampled the watermelons. Agurikko celebrated the efforts of the producers and the sweetness and freshness of the watermelons.
On Friday, June 20, 2025, an article titled "Interview with a Sorachi Migrant in Hokuryu Town: Bringing Western Food Culture to Hokuryu Town!" was published on "Come to Sorachi!", a website run by the Hokkaido Sorachi Regional Development Bureau. (June 19th)
On Thursday, June 19, 2025, MRC Sapporo Co., Ltd. (Sapporo City), which is working on a first-stage prevention EAP to prevent mental health problems, posted an article titled “[News Release] Kita […]” on its website, MRC Sapporo.
On Monday, June 16, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article (dated June 14th) titled, "Just like last year, the taste is excellent: First shipment of Hokuryu's summer delicacy, 'Sunflower Watermelon'." [...]
On Friday, June 13, 2025, an article titled "Shipping of Hokuryu Town's Specialty Sunflower Watermelon, Characterized by Its Yellow Flesh, Begins" was posted on the NHK Hokkaido WEB website operated by NHK (Tokyo). […]