On Friday, May 2, 2025 and Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at Nonno Forest in Hokuryu Town, Kazuo Shibasaki, a forestry instructor belonging to the Sorachi District Forestry Instructor Liaison Council, Susumu Yotsutsuji, a Hokuryu town resident, Junichi Iguchi, head of the Industry Division at Hokuryu Town Hall, and Yoshihiro Ichiba, section chief, attended a special event.
On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) published an article titled "Hokuryu Sunflower Festival: Parking Fee 500 Yen, Free for Local Residents" (dated April 28th) on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. [...]
On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "History of Sunflower Cultivation: Tourism Association Director Gives Lecture at Hokuryu Junior High School" on the Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website.
On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site run by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article titled "Mr. Yotsutsuji, the key figure behind Hokuryu becoming a 'Sunflower Village,' gives a lecture at Hokuryu Junior High School. 'Sunflowers of the World' [...]"
![Hokuryu Himawari no Sato to charge parking fees to non-residents during festival [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-05-8.28.26-768x499.jpg)
On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) published an article titled "Parking fees to be collected at Hokuryu Sunflower Village during the festival for non-residents [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. (March [...]
On Monday, March 3, 2025, the internet site San-tatsu by Strolling Expert, operated by Kotsu Shimbun Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), published an article titled "Where will Jun Soejima, the popular TV personality with his afro hair, end his trip?" […]
On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "Iwanai Daiichi Junior High School's Mr. Hori Wins Top Prize at Hometown Children's Art Exhibition" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, dated February 22. [...]
Friday, January 17, 2025 Recently, there has been information that generative AI is rapidly evolving. So, using a series of apps that create images, music, and videos from words, we created a promotional video for Sunflower called "The Miracle of Sunflowers and Dragons."
![(TV broadcast/Announcement) Wednesday, January 8th, 15:40-16:54 [Yojigoji Days] Images from "Hokuryu Town Sunflower Village" have been provided!](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-01-06-11.07.32-768x623.jpg)
On Monday, January 6, 2025, we received a request from TV Tokyo Corporation (Tokyo) for their TV program, "Yojigoji Days," to provide images of the "Hokuryu Town Sunflower Village" on the Hokuryu Town Portal. On Wednesday, January 8, 3:00 PM […]
Friday, November 29, 2024
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On Friday, November 8, 2024, the Sorachi Regional Revitalization Council, a YouTube channel operated by the council, released a promotional video for the Sorachi region (Hokuryu Town) – Spectacular views of the sunflower village (59 inches, November 7th).