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    • Around the sunflowers
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    • Hokuryu-cho Council of Social Welfare Public Relations Magazine "Hohoemi
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    • Special Nursing Home for the Elderly, Eirakuen
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    • JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch Office
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    • Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen
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    • Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Chorus
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    • Under Nature (Tatsuya and Hitomi Kamii) Self-supporting forestry
    • Ei no Mori Activity Organization (Representative: Osamu Kato)
    • Hokuryu Board Game Club
    • Hanamarche
    • straw craft
    • Hokuryu Marche
    • agrifighter north dragon
  • Individuals, etc. in the town
    • Hokuryu Sunflower Osteopathic Clinic
    • Restaurant Mukohi
    • Kitchen Harebare
    • tokadin715
    • Sunflower Town Craft Marche
    • YouTube Channel: Hiroyuki Takimoto
    • Somewhat of a farmer in Hokuryu Town (Mr. Tsukasa Takebayashi)
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  • special feature article
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    • What is Sunflower Village?
    • Blooming by year
    • Sunflower Festival
    • Access to the village
    • Sunflower Village - Photo
  • special product
    • Sales of Hokuryu rice produced in 2024 will be suspended [JA Kitasorachi]
    • sunflower rice
    • sunflower melon
    • sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
    • Kurokeshi Soybeans
    • Kuro Sengoku related articles
    • sunflower oil
    • Sunflower oil related articles
    • Hometown Support Message
  • Jobs in Hokuryu Town
    • new farmer starting a new business
  • Onsen, inns, taverns
    • Hokuryu Hot Spring
    • town-managed ski resort
    • Roadside Station Sunflower Hokuryu
    • Restaurant Windmill
    • store
    • Sunflower Park Hotel
    • Agricultural and Livestock Products Direct Sales Minorichi-Hokuryu
    • Izakaya/Snack
    • Nearby Restaurants
    • Nearby Accommodations
  • Hokusho Road Race Competition
    • Hokusho Road Race Competition - Introduction
    • Hokusho Road Race and related articles
  • Treasures of Hokuryu Town
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    • Old Treasures
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    • Around the sunflowers
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    • Hokuryu Board Game Club
    • Hanamarche
    • straw craft
    • Hokuryu Marche
    • agrifighter north dragon
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    • Restaurant Mukohi
    • Kitchen Harebare
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  • 2023 Memorial Ceremony for the Hokkaido War dead streamed live on YouTube [Hokuryu-cho website].

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2023 Memorial Ceremony for the Hokkaido War dead streamed live on YouTube [Hokuryu-cho website].
2023 Memorial Ceremony for the Hokkaido War dead streamed live on YouTube [Hokuryu-cho website].

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    • September 9, 2024

    (Notice) Sapporo Autumn Fest 2024, Hokuryu-cho: 8-chome venue, Phase 4 (4 days), September 26 (Thursday) to September 29 (Sunday)! New rice will be available!

  • Request for thorough implementation of "New Hokkaido Style" [Hokuryu Town HP].
    • October 19, 2020

    Request for thorough implementation of "New Hokkaido Style" [Hokuryu Town HP].

  • Today I will be speaking at a study session for town hall staff in Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido. Bracing for ideas in a town of 1,600 people! [Takeshi Matsunaga @ Branding for small and medium-sized enterprises]
    • October 20, 2025

    Today I will be speaking at a study session for town hall staff in Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido. Bracing for ideas in a town of 1,600 people! [Takeshi Matsunaga @ Branding for small and medium-sized enterprises]

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    • January 1, 2025

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  • Donation of flowers from the Kitagoshi Genki Village Flower Production Association [Hokuryu Town Website]
    • July 15, 2025

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Table of Contents
  • 1 Hokuryu Town logo "Bright Farming Methods" and the yellow mailbox of happiness
  • 2 Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor
  • 3 Outline of Hokuryu Town
  • 4 Hokuryu Town Web Site
  • 5 New local public transportation service launched (R7 10.1.)
  • 6 Hokuryu Town Introduction Page
  • 7 Hokuryu Town Hometown Tax Payment

Logo "Bright Farming" in the town of Hokuryu
Yellow mailbox of happiness

bright agricultural practices
Yellow mailbox of happiness

Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor


The mayor talks about Hokuryu's vision for the future

 Yasuhiro Sasaki Mayor's Activity Report

To everyone! I want to talk to you.
We will use their voices in city planning!

Please feel free to stop by the Mayor's office.
December activity schedule January activity schedule

We tour and speak in Hokuryu Town every month.
Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki explores the charms of the town

Outline of Hokuryu Town

Hokuryu Town, Map
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Area: 159 km² ❂ Area
❂ Population: 1,560 people[Month-over-month: – 2 ]
❂ Households:766 households[Month-over-month: – 4 ]
(December 1, 2025)
❂ Aging rate :46.2%(20th route in the entire prefecture)
❂ Late aging rate :29.6% (%)(13th in the entire prefecture)
(179 cities, towns, and villages in all provinces)As of January 1, 2025)

Hokuryu Town Web Site


Hokuryu Town Web Site

New local public transportation service launched (R7 10.1.)


On-demand & scheduled routes

Hokuryu Town Introduction Page


Hokuryu Town Introduction Page

Hokuryu Town Hometown Tax Payment

❂ quaint little Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants
quaint little Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants
❂ Hometown Choice
Hometown Choice

❂ Rakuten Market
Rakuten Market

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ANA

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Saison Hometown Tax Payment

❂ call home
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  • noboru & ikuko on The first sunflower watermelon is here. I think we are producing sweet and tasty watermelons this year as well [Minorikchi Hokuryu].
  • landowner kozo on The first sunflower watermelon is here. I think we are producing sweet and tasty watermelons this year as well [Minorikchi Hokuryu].
  • noboru & ikuko on Seven companies of the Hokuryu Town Construction Industry Association support restaurants in town by ordering lunch boxes!
  • Yasuhiro Sasaki on Seven companies of the Hokuryu Town Construction Industry Association support restaurants in town by ordering lunch boxes!

Sites of organizations and individuals in town

❂ Hokuryu Town Treasures Facebook page

❂ Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor of the town Instagram
❂ Hokuryu Town Web Site What's New
❂ Around the sunflowers
❂ Hokuryu Town l Regional revitalizer
❂ Hokuryu Fire Fighting
❂ Hokuryu Junior High School
❂ Shinryu Elementary School
❂ Special Nursing Home for the Elderly, Eirakuen
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship) Eirakuen Instagram
❂ JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch Office
❂ JA-Kita Sorauchi
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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship) JA Kitasorachi Instagram
❂ Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Tourist Association
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❂ Hokuryu Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry
❂ Kuro Sengoku Business Cooperative Net Shop
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❂ Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship) Sunflower Park Hokuryu Hot Springs Instagram
❂ Minorichi Hokuryu Instagram
❂ Group Home Hekisui Facebook page
❂ (Hokko Construction Co.
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❂ Fujioka Tsumeshin Co.
❂ Agricultural Cooperative Honoka Instagram

❂ Takada Corporation Instagram
❂ Toyoryu Farm Instagram
❂ NPO Akarui Nouhou Instagram
❂ Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji School Ryusenji Temple

❂ Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Chorus Facebook page
❂ Hokuryu Kendama Club Instagram
❂ Self-supporting forestry, under nature (Tatsuya Uei)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship) Self-supporting forestry and under natureInstagram
❂ Ei no Mori Activity Organization (Representative: Osamu Kato)
❂ hanamarche2022 Instagram
❂ tumugi1114 Instagram
 
❂ Hokuryu Sunflower Osteopathic Clinic
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship) Hokuryu Himawari Osteopathic Clinic Facebook page
❂ Restaurant Mukohi
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❂ Kitchen Harebare
❂ tokadin715 and Mr. and Mrs. Takeshita
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❂ Sunflower Town Craft Marche (Creema)
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❂ Youtube Channel: Hiroyuki Takimoto
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❂ Mr. Tsukasa Takebayashi, a somewhat of a farmer in Hokuryu Town
❂ Hokuryu Board Game Club (Claystone projects)
 
❂ Mizuho Farmers Facebook page
❂ Wara-zaiku Nakura Instagram
❂ Hokuryu Marche Instagram
❂ Agri-Fighter North Dragon Facebook page
❂ Former Mayor Yutaka Sano of Hokuryu Town Activity report
❂ Open the door (Keiko Ozaki)
❂ Tour of Hokkaido and Roadside Stations
❂ Young Dementia Family Association, Sorachi Himawari

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    • December 4, 2025

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    • December 4, 2025

    Gifting babies with original picture books: Hokuryu Town depicts the charm of Hokuryu with a warm touch [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]

    • December 2, 2025

    Celebrating the birth of life. The completion of the one-of-a-kind original picture book "Your Picture Book" and the day author Nagao Takuma carved into Hokuryu Town

    • December 1, 2025

    Recruiting "Local Career Partners" and "Business Challenge Fellows" (Second round of recruitment) [Hokuryu Town website]

    • November 25, 2025

    Exhibiting at the "New Farmers Fair" held at Tokyo Big Sight on Sunday, November 23, 2025 [Hokuryu Town Website]

    • November 20, 2025

    [Hokuryu Town Exhibit: November 22nd (Sat) and 23rd (Sun)] JOIN Migration, Exchange & Regional Revitalization Fair 2025 @ Tokyo Big Sight

    • November 17, 2025

    Shinryu Elementary School Recruiting Special Needs Education Support Staff [Hokuryu Town Website]

    • November 17, 2025

    "If there are no people, we need a system to help them grow" - The "Lab Concept" was launched to create a system to generate "small businesses" [Hokuryu Town l Regional Revitalization Person]

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  • residents of Hokuryu Town
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