Our Village is Beautiful" Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award In 1983, the village received the "Our Village is Beautiful" Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award. The award was given to the village for its spectacular view, high productivity in agriculture, and the promotion of border beautification, etc., as well as the cultivation of sunflowers as part of the flower-growing campaign.
Location map of tourist facilities in Hokuryu Town (1) Trail entrance (Sandan no Taki Waterfall) (2) Kinbiga Park (3) Sunflower Village (4) Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen (5) Hill with a view (6) Ryujin no Onko (7) Yew Forest (1) Sandan no Taki Waterfall Shokanbetsu [...] in July, 1963
The red drum bridge over the pond and the red roof of the rest area accentuate the park's location on top of a small hill. The park is usually filled with Ezo-yamazakura and shibazakura cherry trees in bloom from early May to early June, and in autumn, the park is enveloped in autumn leaves, making it a four-season [...].
Sunflower Village is located 1.5 km north of the intersection of National Route 275 and the Doso Zumo Inada line. The Sunflower Village has a total area of 2.8 ha, including the sunflower field NONNO-NO-MORI, parking lot, etc., in the Itaya district. In 1980, the Women's Club of the Agricultural Cooperative [...].
Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen (④) Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen is a hot spring resort facility located along Route 275, and is designated as the 17th roadside station in Hokkaido. Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen opened in June 1992, and in October 1994 [...].
⑦ Yew Forest and Literature Forest This is a forest handmade by Hokuryu Town residents, supported by their desire to cherish nature. Along the walking path in the forest, there is a monument to Mr. Shosuke Yoshiue, a poet associated with Hokuryu Town, as well as a monument to a man nicknamed "Dorokame-san" in the University of Tokyo Experiment Forest in Furano [...].
Sunflower Festival Executive Committee Budget 1989-1998 Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Tourist Association Settlement 1999-2010 Hokuryu-cho Sunflower Tourist Association Settlement 2011-2022
Hokuryu-cho tourist visitor numbers (Hokkaido Bureau of Tourism, Ministry of Economic Affairs) Hokuryu-cho overnight visitor numbers (data from the Himawari Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Forestry Section, Hokuryu-cho) Hokkaido tourist visitor numbers survey for FY2028 (Hokkaido Bureau of Tourism, Ministry of Economic Affairs)
1984 (1985) Huetai Dake Development Concept (ski resort) Hokuryu Huetai Dake General Forest Recreation Development Etai Resort (3rd Sector Sanei Sports) Ski resort slope area: 85.40 hectares Youth resort se [...].
1989 Sunflower Park Basic Concept A rural resort development combining agriculture and tourism was planned in the vicinity of Itaya 164, along National Route 275. The period of the project was five years from 1990, with a total project cost of approximately 1.6 billion yen.
Sunflower Village Development: Speaking Out to the World, Sunflower Village Trailer Tourist Center Observation deck Nonno no Mori Turf Plaza Tourist Information Center Overall Layout Plan: A base for the town to become one with sunflowers New Observation deck - - Symbol tree of the sunflower field [...] - - Symbol tree of the sunflower field
Former Chairman of the Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Tsutomu Samitsu Formerly a town hall employee, he was involved in tourism for many years in the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section of the Industry Division, and was responsible for changing the name of the town festival to the Sunflower Festival and establishing the Sunflower Village. [...].
Involved in the secretariat of the Tourism Association Vice Mayor of Hokuryu Town, Toshimasa Takahashi, Vice Mayor of Hokuryu Town, was involved in tourism at the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section of the Industry Division, and was in charge of the Sunflower Oil Revival Project when he was the Planning Division Director. He also expanded the area of the Sunflower Village [...].
What is "Eminent Domain Law?" Nobuhiro Yamada, former Secretary General of Sunflower Tourist Association He was in charge of the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section from April 1991 to March 1998, and devoted himself to the development of the Sunflower Village parking lot and tourist center. He devoted himself to the development of Sunflower Village as a tourist attraction [...].
Looking back on memories of sightseeing in Hokuryu Town Susumu Asano, former manager of the Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourist Center At the Hokuryu Town Office Employees Resident Division, he organized participants from the senior citizens' club for the Cherry Blossom Festival; at Sunflower Park, as manager, he dealt with tourists; at the Planning Section Chief [...]...
Sunflower Blooming Girl In November 1990, we invited applications for a sunflower character, and in March 1991, the design by Hiroe Kamono from the town's Kyoei neighborhood association was adopted. Agri-Fighter North Dragon In the FY 2013 budget assessment, this [...].
14 Sunflower Tourism Ambassador The Sunflower Tourism Ambassador is appointed by the Mayor to promote Hokuryu Town's specialties, such as sunflowers and sunflower rice, throughout Japan. Kengo Kuma was born in Yokohama in 1954. University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture [...].
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