Friday, September 12, 2025: Exquisite Hokuryu Macarons from Asahikawa's long-established Umeya. The endless blue sky and two million sunflowers blooming toward the sun. In the fertile soil of Hokuryu, Hokkaido, a town that has made the sun its ally, […]
September 10, 2025 (Wednesday) Golden ears of rice, green mountains swaying in the pure breeze—September is the month when the land of Hokuryu sings of bountiful harvests. The annual autumn festival of Shinryu Shrine was held. Every year, I look forward to this day when the neighboring Kitajima Sango […]
Thursday, July 17, 2025 After patiently waiting for the sunflower melon to fully ripen, I enjoyed a melon parfait with ice cream and a meltingly ripe sunflower melon! The overripe melon is super sweet!!! The mellow […]
June 11, 2025 (Wednesday) It's June, and the season of "Mangzhong" is here! The air is humid, and the grass and trees are starting to turn deep colors. In this season, we have a refreshing treat: Kuzumanju, a dumpling topped with plenty of Kurosengoku soybean flour.
Wednesday, May 31, 2025 Hokuryu Portal: Savor Spring's Bamboo Shoot Rice! Hokuryu's bamboo shoots burst with l […]
Friday, May 23, 2025 A vegetable-filled sandwich in a Kurosengoku soybean bucket from Shirokuma Bakery (Sapporo City)! Shirokuma Bakery's Kurosengoku soybean bucket A vegetable sandwich filled with plenty of Kurosengoku soybeans […]
May 1, 2025 (Thursday) The first spring wind came with the arrival of fresh bamboo shoots! We enjoyed the taste of spring to the fullest with bamboo shoot rice and stews. For the rice, we added bamboo shoots, carrots, dried daikon radish strips, and shiitake mushrooms! We also had bamboo shoot stew with hijiki seaweed, carrot […]
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 While waiting for the cherry blossoms to bloom, we enjoy the botamochi, which is "Kurosengoku Anko & Sakura Anko". Feel the spring buds and the breath of life, and pray for a good harvest this year. A spring moment to savor slowly. . . Cook the mochi rice […]
Monday, April 7, 2025 The other day, I received some experimentally grown Kurosengoku bean sprouts in Hokkaido, so I immediately tried them out! I put a lot of Kurosengoku sunflower oil dressing on the Kurosengoku bean sprouts! First, I boiled the Kurosengoku […]
Friday, April 4, 2025 As April arrives, the snow is finally melting and spring is in the air. Spring Celebration Chirashi Sushi "Spring Celebration Chirashi Sushi" to celebrate the arrival of gentle spring! ! ! Salmon, salmon roe, squid, sweet eel, etc. are placed on vinegared rice.
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Happy snack time with the "Kurosengoku Anko Rice Flour Donuts" given as a souvenir at the Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association's 20th Anniversary Celebration! Rice Flour Kurosengoku Anko Donuts The rice flour donuts are filled with Kurosengoku Anko […]
Monday, March 3, 2025 Monday, March 3 is Hinamatsuri, or Girls' Day. Hinamatsuri, or Girls' Day  Is the Emperor on the right? When it comes to decorating the Hinamatsuri dolls, I was confused for a moment and looked up the internet […]
Thursday, February 20, 2025 Enjoy a delicious moment of bliss with a collaboration dish of "Black Rice Millet for Beauty and Circulation" and "Kurosengoku Keema Curry"! "Black Rice Millet" is a mixture of black soybeans (Kurosengoku soybeans), glutinous barley, black rice, glutinous brown rice, germinated brown rice [...]
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 I was given a secret baked doughnut by the kind Daddy Long Legs of Kurosengoku! The cute heart-shaped baked doughnut is made of Kurosengoku soybean flour and rice flour dough, topped with sunflower nuts and a little sugar. […]
Friday, February 14, 2025 This year's Valentine's Day is "Gâteau au Chocolat" topped with Kurosengoku Don, Kurosengoku Flakes, and mixed nuts! Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler, mix with the egg yolks and whipped egg whites, and add rice […]
Monday, February 3, 2025 This year's Setsubun is on Sunday, February 2. And this year's lucky direction is "Southwest"! Setsubun is the day before the beginning of spring, the last day of winter, and is a day to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune into the new season. "Himawari Restaurant"'s three types of lucky […]
Friday, January 17, 2025 Friday, January 17 is the start of the Doyo period (18 days before the beginning of spring). With the change of seasons, it is easy to get sick, so eat red foods to ward off evil spirits and spend the day calmly and leisurely. Mehari & […]
January 9, 2025 (Thursday) Enjoy the delicious rice cakes from Hokuryu Town with fermented red bean paste zenzai and Kurosengoku kinako mochi! Zenzai & Kurosengoku kinako mochi Zenzai with "fermented red beans" Zenzai is made with rice cakes from Hokuryu Town and red beans from Hokuryu Town, mixed with rice malt […]
January 7, 2025 (Tuesday) January 7 is known as "Seven Herbs Day" and people eat rice porridge containing the seven spring herbs "water dropwort, shepherd's purse, gogyo, chickweed, henbit, turnip, and daikon radish" to ward off evil spirits and pray for good health. Young spring leaves are good for the stomach and intestines […]
Saturday, December 21, 2024 This year's winter solstice is on Saturday, December 21 at 6:21 p.m. (according to the National Astronomical Observatory)! This year's winter solstice is said to be a special day in the most auspicious year for decades, when energy reaches its peak! On this day […]
