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September 2022

Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Business Cooperative (Chairman Takada Yukio) will be setting up a stall at the station marche of the Northern Blessings Food Marche 2022!
  • September 20, 2022

Kurosengoku Business Cooperative (Chairman Takada Yukio, Hokuryu Town) will be opening a stall at the Northern Blessings Food Marche 2022/Eki Marche (Asahikawa City)!

The autumn gourmet festival "Northern Blessings Tabe Marche 2022" will be held in Asahikawa City on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. This year marks the 11th year of the event, and it will be held for three days from Saturday, September 17th to Monday, September 19th (national holiday), marking the first time in three years […]

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Feature Articles Rice harvesting begins
  • September 16, 2022

With gratitude for the vibrant rice ears!

Friday, September 16, 2022: In the bountiful autumn, the harvest of rice plants bearing abundant grains has begun! We have captured photographs of the rice fields from planting in late May to harvesting in mid-September. The vibrant, energetic ears of rice are ripe and full of life. […]

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Topics surrounding the town
  • September 16, 2022

"Hokuryu Sunflower Festival sees 280,000 visitors, third highest ever, recovering to pre-COVID levels. Individual visitors continue to flock in, demonstrating the festival's ability to attract visitors." "Kita-Sorachi hopes for bumper soybean harvest as harvest begins." [Hokkaido Shimbun, Doushin Online Edition]

On Friday, September 16, 2022, the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, Doushin Online, reported, "Hokuryu Sunflower Festival Attends 280,000, Third Highest Number Ever, Recovering to Pre-COVID Levels. Individual Visitors Continue to Attract Visitors, Demonstrating the Festival's Power," and "Kita Sorachi Hoping for a Good Soybean Harvest as Harvesting Begins" (I […]

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Feature Articles Congratulations! The first shipment of rice from the 2022 harvest!
  • September 15, 2022

Harvesting of sake rice "Suisei" in fiscal year 2022 & first shipment of new rice "Suisei" to be shipped to Ryujin Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture)

Thursday, September 15, 2022 On Sunday, September 11, the sake rice harvest took place in the Furusaku area. Under the crisp autumn sky, four combine harvesters were in full operation, harvesting the golden rice one after another in spectacular fashion. In Hokuryu Town, Yasushi Watanabe […]

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