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  • August 16, 2024

The 2024 Hokuryu-machi Melon and Watermelon Festival, a direct sales event for Himawari watermelons, was a great success! University student interns were also very active!

August 16, 2024 (Fri.) From 08:30 on August 14 (Wed.), the "2024 Hokuryu-machi Melon and Watermelon Festival" was held at the JA Kitasorachi branch office's produce collection and shipping facility in front of the fruit-sorting area. Many people visited the festival and it was a great success! The watermelon [...]...

  • August 13, 2024

Lecture "Expectations for the Future of Hokuryu Agriculture" by Mr. Kenichi Suzuki, Director General, Sorachi Regional Promotion Bureau, and exchange of opinions.

August 13, 2024 (Tuesday) On August 5 (Monday) from 16:00, Mr. Kenichi Suzuki, Director General of the Sorachi General Promotion Bureau, Hokkaido, was invited to give a lecture to the agricultural youth of Hokuryu Town and exchange opinions with them at COCOWA, a commercial revitalization facility in [...].

  • June 28, 2024

Sunflower watermelons from the Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Production Association were presented to Manryu Elementary School, where they were enjoyed with smiles and gratitude.

June 28, 2024 (Friday) On Thursday, June 27, the Hokuryu Himawari Watermelon Growers Association (Chairman: Akimitsu Takada, Vice Chairman: Kosuke Sato) donated three boxes of "Hokuryu Himawari Watermelons" (12 balls) to the Hokuryu Town Manryu Elementary School. The "Sunflower Watermelon [...]...

  • June 10, 2024

The first auction of Hokuryu Town's specialty "Himawari Watermelon" 2024 (Kyokuichi Fruit and Vegetable Auction Center, Asahikawa City, Asahikawa) and "Yum!" go back and forth.

Monday, June 10, 2024 The day after the first shipment of sunflower watermelons was made at the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's produce collection and shipping facility on Thursday, June 6, the Kyokuichi Corporation of Asahikawa City, Asahikawa City, Japan, from 6:50 a.m. on Friday, June 7 [...].

  • June 7, 2024

The earliest first shipment of watermelon in all of Hokkaido, the yellow watermelon "Himawari Watermelon" only in Hokuryu Town! The best harvest in the 40th year since the union was established!

June 6, 2024 (Thursday) From 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, at the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's Agricultural Products Collection and Shipping Facility, the town of Hokuryu's Himawari watermelons, including red-fleshed watermelons, were the top first shipment of watermelons in Hokkaido. Including red-fleshed watermelon [...].

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