On Thursday, October 17, 2024, we received grapes lovingly grown in the garden (family fruit trees) of Masao Fujisaki, a resident of Hokuryu Town. We were impressed by the sweet and sour, simple flavor! Thank you so much!!! The grapes were lovingly grown in the family garden […]
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 As autumn deepens, we thoroughly enjoy the red-fleshed melons from Yasunori Watanabe Farm in Hokuryu Town! We are truly grateful for the delicious, exquisite melons! Yasunori Watanabe's red-fleshed melons boast a rich aroma and elegant sweetness. […]
Friday, September 27, 2024: This year's new rice season has finally arrived in Hokuryu Town!!! Freshly harvested, plump, shiny, and exquisite new rice! Accompanied by seasonal grilled salted saury, we were truly grateful for this year's most delicious new rice. [...]
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Monday, September 9th is the autumn festival of Shinryu Shrine in Hokuryu Town. Every year around this time, our neighbors, the Kitajima couple, handcraft their sasazushi (bamboo sushi)! We are so grateful to be able to offer their heartfelt sasazushi. […]
Friday, September 6, 2024: Enjoy autumn with salad rice noodles (brown rice noodles and rice flour noodles with gagome kelp) made with plenty of vegetables from Hokuryu Town. Rice flour noodles "My Noodle" Ryusei Farm Co., Ltd. (CEO: Akihiro Adachi) in Hokuryu Town […]
August 13, 2024 (Tuesday) New release: "Hokuryu Town Sunflower Oil and Hamatonbetsu Town Dried Scallop Creamy Dressing." The release date is Thursday, August 8th, priced at 765 yen, and it will be sold at the Sunflower Park Hokuryu Roadside Station Shop! [...]
Friday, July 12, 2024 Sunflower Watermelon has an incredibly thin skin, allowing you to enjoy every last bit of fruit! Refreshing Sunflower Watermelon. Like lemon squash, it has a refreshingly sweet taste that is endlessly refreshing!!! […]
July 9, 2024 (Tuesday) The perfectly ripe "Sunflower Melon" offers a superb taste, combining melting sweetness, mellow fragrance, and a refreshing, cool harmoniousness. Chill for 2-3 hours, then cut in half and sauté the fruit.
Tanabata is the day when Orihime and Hikoboshi cross the Milky Way and meet once a year. On Tanabata, we're serving up kudzu mochi (kuzu cakes) with Kurosengoku kinako (roasted soybean flour). Made with Yoshino kudzu (100% kudzu root starch), the mochi is generously coated with Kurosengoku kinako (roasted soybean flour) and then dipped in a black […]
May 21, 2024 (Tue) Enjoy spring vegetable dishes using mitsuba and butterbur purchased at Minoritch Hokuryu! A stew of butterbur and bamboo shoots is the perfect match for the rich spring aroma of butterbur and bamboo shoots! Brown rice porridge is […]