On June 12, 2025 (Thursday), the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) published an article titled "Yellow-fleshed, juicy Hokuryu 'Sunflower Watermelon' shipments begin" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. […]
On May 12th (Mon), Takada Farm was carrying out the "pruning and fruiting pole installation" of sunflower watermelon. This included pinching, pruning (resetting the strings and pulling them back), thinning out the buds, and planting the sunflower watermelon seedlings. […]
On Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, at Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen, the Kurosengoku Soybean Kinako Roll cake will be available for a limited time from Saturday, April 26th to Tuesday, May 6th! The Kurosengoku Soybean Kinako Roll cake is a collaboration between Umeya, a long-established confectionery shop in Asahikawa City, and […]
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, we will be enjoying botamochi rice cakes with "Kurosengoku An and Sakura An" while eagerly awaiting the cherry blossoms. Feeling the breath of life and the budding of spring, we will be enjoying the taste of botamochi slowly while praying for a bountiful harvest this year. While cooking the mochi rice, […]
Monday, April 7, 2025 I recently received some experimentally grown Kurosengoku bean sprouts from Hokkaido, so I decided to give them a try! I'm going to try the Kurosengoku bean sprouts with a generous amount of Kurosengoku sunflower oil dressing! First, I'll start with boiled Kurosengoku […]
Monday, April 7, 2025 On Thursday, April 3, the planting of small yellow watermelons, "Sunflower Watermelons," began at the farm of Takada Co., Ltd. (CEO: Shunki Takada)! Sunflower watermelon planting begins! Before planting, the roots and leaves of the seedlings are soaked in water. […]
On Monday, April 7, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet website operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article titled "Praying for a good harvest this year: Planting of Hokuryu's specialty 'Sunflower Watermelon' begins" (dated April 5). [...]
Friday, April 4, 2025: The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website, operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City), has published an article (dated April 3) titled "Planting of Hokuryu's Specialty, Sunflower Watermelon, Begins." We would like to introduce it to you. [...]
On Friday, March 28th, from 4:00 PM, the Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association held a seedling tour. The tour included Yusuke Yamazumi from the Sorachi Agricultural Cooperative Extension Center, and the JA Kitasorachi Fruit and Vegetables Department.
On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, and Thursday, March 27, at Takada Akimitsu Farm, work was carried out to till the soil inside the greenhouse after snow removal, lay mulch sheets, and simultaneously lay irrigation tubes inside the mulch sheets. […]
Friday, March 14, 2025 On Tuesday, March 11, snow removal work was carried out on the greenhouse at Takada Akimitsu Farm, part of the Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association. Two snow removal machines were used inside and outside the greenhouse. The iron pipes were not cleared by hand because snow remained on them.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 The Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association’s 20th Anniversary Celebration was held at Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen from 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 8, 2025. The Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association’s 20th Anniversary Celebration was held in Hokkaido […]