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Treasures of Hokuryu Town

  • May 19, 2021

Rice planting season has arrived

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 The rice planting season has finally begun in the town. The young seedlings that have been carefully nurtured in the greenhouses are about to leave for the great outdoors. What kind of life they will lead until they grow up to be adults and bear splendid fruits and become rice [...].

  • May 18, 2021

Plowing work at Sunflower Village

Tuesday, May 18, 2021, the fields are being plowed in the Sunflower Village. After taking a year off last year, the fertile, nutrient-rich soil is being revived. We are looking forward to seeing what wonderful sunflowers we will see this year. ◇ no [...].

  • May 17, 2021

Golden Sunset

May 17, 2021 (Monday) The setting sun, turning the sky orange, illuminates the rice paddies filled with water, shining its warm light as if to watch over the earth, which is alive with life. The sunset is a great day that gives the power of life to all living things, and continues to shine [...].

  • May 14, 2021

Ezoensis, the fairy that heralds spring

Friday, May 14, 2021 The pretty blue-purple flowers of the Ezo engosaku are swaying in the spring breeze. It is as if they are celebrating and rejoicing the arrival of spring. The scenery is filled with the sparkle of fairies heralding the coming of spring. The flowers are shimmering in the spring breeze, as if they are celebrating and rejoicing the arrival of spring.

  • May 13, 2021

Mr. Dorokame and the yew tree

May 13, 2021 (Thursday) Under the soft spring sun, Dorokame and the yew tree stood quietly in the "yew forest. It's going to be all right! We are moving forward with faith, slowly, gradually, without wavering, without haste [...].

  • May 12, 2021

Cherry blossoms in the yew forest

May 12, 2021 (Wednesday) Neat cherry blossoms, their petals tinted just a little pink. Graceful cherry blossoms, glittering in the spring sun and radiating a dazzling beauty. A scene from a moment when my heart was softly wrapped in the most tenderness [...].

  • May 10, 2021

Cherry blossoms in Konpira Park

Monday, May 10, 2021 The cherry blossom season is in full bloom. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the light pink petals are fleeting and melancholy, but the beauty of the cherry blossoms that are blooming so hard is a scene that makes my heart tremble. ◇ noboru & ikuko

  • May 6, 2021

plowing of rice paddies

Thursday, May 6, 2021 Plowing of rice fields is underway in many parts of town. Tensions are running high as we enter an important period for raising paddy rice seedlings in plastic greenhouses. May the seedlings grow up healthy and splendidly! ◇ no [...].

  • April 30, 2021

Carp streamers in the sky

Friday, April 30, 2021 A large family of koinobori (carp streamers) swimming in the sky with the distant peaks of the Daisetsuzan Mountains in the background. The scenery is so beautiful that you can almost hear the lively voices of the family of carp streamers happily chatting with each other. nobor [...].

  • April 28, 2021

Blue sky, white clouds and earth

Tuesday, April 28, 2021 The bright blue sky, the horizontal fluffy clouds, and the earth full of life. It is a landscape that reminds us of an unknown time and space that is infinitely connected. Noboru & ikuko

  • April 26, 2021

strange sky pattern

Monday, April 26, 2021 The sky was a strange scene with gray clouds lying low and a few rays of light coming in at an angle through the gaps in the clouds. It was like a message from the universe! ◇ nob [...].

  • April 23, 2021

A season full of life energy

April 23, 2021 (Fri.) The "rainy season" has arrived and rice seedlings are starting to grow in the greenhouses. The white snow-covered peaks of the Daisetsuzan Mountains rise up against the bright blue sky. The scenery is overflowing with the life energy of spring, shining vividly [...].

  • April 22, 2021

Spring Comes to Sunflower Village

Thursday, April 22, 2021 The sunflowers have thawed out and green life is sprouting in the village of sunflowers, and we can almost hear the footsteps of spring. We are very much looking forward to seeing what wonderful sunflowers we will encounter this year! ◇ n [...].

  • April 21, 2021

Rural landscape with melting snow

April 21, 2021 (Wed.) The snow is melting in the fields of the town and the seeding of paddy rice is starting in greenhouses here and there. May the rice plants grow healthy and delicious this year, too! Noboru &#03 [...] ◇ Noboru &#03 [...] ◇ Noboru &#03 [...

  • April 20, 2021

Migratory birds' "roost"?

Tuesday, April 20, 2021, swans and geese, having had their fill of the rice paddies, are gathering along the river. Are they using the river as a safe place to roost and rest their wings? Migratory birds who are about to [...].

  • April 16, 2021

Flapping wings of a great white-fronted goose

Friday, April 16, 2021 The moment when a geese spreads its big wings and flies away with the wind. The geese trying to land in the rice paddies and fields to nibble on their food. The birds' individual movements mix and mingle, synchronizing with each other [...].

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