Sunflower blooming status in 2025, news, etc.
This article is about the flowering situation (best viewing time/full bloom) of Hokuryu Town Sunflower Village in 2025 and other related topics about the Sunflower Village.
Blooming Status Event Access Lunch Images The 39th Sunflower Festival (Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido) will be held on Sunday, July 20, 2025...
Sunflower Village Events Access Lunch Images The 39th Sunflower Festival (Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido) will be held on July 20, 2025...
- June 30, 2025
"Weeding" and "thinning" are essential tasks for making beautiful sunflowers bloom. We will report on the "Weeding Crusade" that was carried out over three days from June 25th to 28th, in cooperation with local volunteers. [Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]
Monday, June 30, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)
- June 30, 2025
We are looking forward to seeing you again this year 🌻 Hana Marche's original "Sunflower Blend" home-roasted coffee ☕️ Continuing from last year, we also have soda and bear drinks 🥤 [Hana Marche]
Monday, June 30, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hana Marche (@hanamarche2022)
- June 26, 2025
Green buds sprout in "Sunflower Village"
June 26, 2025 (Thursday) After sowing, small green leaves are growing in the sunflower village. Thinning and weeding are also carried out by the townspeople (photo taken on June 16)! When August comes, the sunflower village turns yellow […]
- June 23, 2025
Hokuryu Town is a sacred place watched over by the "Dragon God of Heaven" and where "the truth of the universe blooms in the sunflowers of the earth" [Dialogue with AI]
Monday, June 23, 2025 Hokuryu Town, the hope of Japan, revealed through dialogue with AI. It practices the "spirit of harmony" and "coexistence with nature", has a dragon god in the sky, and sunflowers that hold the truth of the universe bloom on the ground. It is a sacred place that truly illuminates the future. […]
- June 23, 2025
[Notice] Sunflower Festival Parking Fee Information
Monday, June 23, 2025 [Notice] Sunflower Festival Parking Fee Information Thank you for always coming to the Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival. Now, the festival venue, which has been free of charge until now, will be closed for parking fees.
- June 20, 2025
The official poster for the 39th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival is finally complete ✨ [Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]
Friday, June 20, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)
- June 16, 2025
We will introduce a completely new mystery-solving game that can be challenged at any time during the Sunflower Festival on Friday, June 13th, "True Sunflower Stories - Mystery Solving Sunflower Festival: The Mystery Hidden in Hinokamei" [Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]
Monday, June 16, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)
- June 13, 2025
Mystery Solving Sunflower Festival ~The Mystery Hidden in Hinohana Rice~ [Hokuryu Board Game Club]
Friday, June 13, 2025 The Mystery Solving Sunflower Festival will be held during the annual Sunflower Festival. Mystery Solving Sunflower Festival ~The Mystery Hidden in Hinohana Rice~ This year, there will be questions and objects based on the rice cultivation theme of Hokuryu Town.
- June 12, 2025
In the new series "Sunflower +" on Tuesday, June 11th, we will be introducing recommended spots and shops for those who visit Hokuryu Town for the Sunflower Festival so that they can find "fun other than sunflowers" as well. [Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]
June 12, 2025 (Thursday) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)
- June 9, 2025
(Notice) July 24th (Thursday) 39th Sunflower Festival and Hokuto Pro Wrestling Hokuryu Tournament
The 39th Sunflower Festival and Hokuto Pro Wrestling Hokuto Tournament will be held at the Hokuto Tournament Center in Hokuto Town from 17:30 on Monday, June 9, 2025 and Thursday, July 24. Hokuto Pro Wrestling was founded in 2004.
- June 9, 2025
[MANGA MANNERS] Learn manners through Japanese culture through manga! [Kodansha]
June 9, 2025 (Mon) Kodansha will launch "MANGA MANNERS" at JR Tokai stations (Tokyo, Shinagawa, Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, etc.). Characters from 17 popular manga works around the world will be teaching etiquette for everyday life and public transportation in Japan.
- June 6, 2025
<Departing and arriving in Sapporo: Day trip bus> ~Sunflowers Forever~ The 39th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival / 2 million sunflowers festival [Hotto Bus]
On Friday, June 6, 2025, the website [Hotto Bus] operated by Hokkaido Optional Tours Co., Ltd. (Sapporo City) posted an article titled "~Sunflowers Forever~ 39th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival / 2 Million Sunflowers Festival <Sapporo [...]
- May 22, 2025
[Limited to 7/28~8/8] Himawari Early Bird 30,000 yen off!! Pre-wedding photo shoots/photo weddings [Decollete photography]
May 22, 2025 (Thursday) On the website of Decorte Holdings Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Kobe City), a company that specializes in photo weddings and pre-wedding photo shoots and has expanded nationwide, a photo wedding at Himawari no Sato in Hokuryu Town was announced.
- May 19, 2025
[2025] The 39th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival [Ikoyo Trip]
Monday, May 19, 2025 An article about the 39th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival (dated May 15th) was posted on the internet site Ikoyo Trip, an information site for outings with children run by Act Indy Co., Ltd. (Tokyo).
- May 2, 2025
Hokuryu Town Office puts into action a townspeople's idea! "Planting cherry tree seedlings" in Nonno Forest
Friday, May 2, 2025 Wednesday, April 30, 2025 At Nonno no Mori in Hokuryu Town, there was a meeting with Kazuo Shibasaki, a forestry instructor belonging to the Sorachi District Forestry Instructor Liaison Council, Susumu Yotsuji, a Hokuryu town resident, Junichi Iguchi, head of the Industry Division at the Hokuryu Town Office, and Yoshihiro Ichiba, section chief.
- April 30, 2025
Parking at Hokuryu's Sunflower Festival is 500 yen, but free for townspeople [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]
On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) ran an article titled "Hokuryu Sunflower Festival: Parking Fee 500 Yen, Free for Town Residents" (dated April 28) on the Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website. […]
- March 19, 2025
The history of sunflower cultivation is discussed by a tourism association director at Hokuryu Junior High School [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]
On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) operated Internet site [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital] posted an article (dated March 18th) titled "History of Sunflower Cultivation: Tourism Association Director Speaks at Hokuryu Junior High School" […]
- March 19, 2025
Mr. Yotsuji, the "principal figure" of Hokuryu becoming the "village of sunflowers," gives a speech at Hokuryu Junior High School. "I hope the tradition of 'Sunflowers of the World' will be passed down." [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]
On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), reported that "Mr. Yotsuji, the key figure in Hokuryu's rise to the status of a sunflower village, gives a lecture at Hokuryu Junior High School. "Sunflowers of the World" [...]