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Shinryu Elementary School

August 22, 2023

Monday, August 21st - 6th grade math class: "Let's decide the reading champion" - Based on the number of pages read by each student in two classes with different numbers of students, which class read the most books? This was an assignment to learn how to think about and calculate the "average" [Shinryu Elementary School]

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch

August 22, 2023

Sunflower Rice News No. 152, August 2023 [JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch]

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Google Album [Sunflower Rice News] This album contains image files from JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch's "Sunflower Rice News" No. 120 (published in March 1990) to the latest issue. &# […]

Natural forestry (by Tatsuya and Hitomi Uei)

August 22, 2023

Our Sunflower Festival stall has concluded successfully 🌻 Thank you to everyone who came to visit, everyone who purchased from us, our friends who supported us over the long period of our stall, and my husband 💠 [Shizenshita - Tatsuya and Hitomi Ueii]

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shizenka (@shizenka2020)

Straw Crafts Nukur

August 22, 2023

Yesterday (August 20th) was the day of the "Nakura" activity. The parents and children who participated last time also came, making it a lively and friendly day 😊 [Nakura Straw Crafts]

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nakura -Natural Materials- (@nakura.shizensozai)

Himawari Restaurant

August 22, 2023

The Sunflower Festival, which was held from July 22nd to August 20th, has now ended 🌻 Thank you to all our customers who came 😊 [Himawari Restaurant]

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Restaurant Himawari🌻(@himawari_hokuryu)

Feature Articles

"Hair-woven Buddha" Scroll Unveiling Ceremony

August 21, 2023

2023 "Hair-woven Buddha Unveiling Ceremony" Jodo Shinshu Honganji Sect Hekiunzan "Ryusenji Temple" (Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido) Secret Buddha Ceremony Continued for 95 Years

On Monday, August 21, 2023 and Thursday, August 17, 2023, the 2023 "Keori Buddha Unveiling Ceremony" was solemnly held at Ryusenji Temple (Ryusenji, head priest Teragaki Nobuaki) of Hekiunzan, a Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect temple in Hokuryu Town. [...]

Scenery of Hokuryu Town

August 21, 2023

Rice ears overflowing with vital energy

Monday, August 21, 2023: The rice in the rice fields is approaching the ripening stage, changing from green to yellow-green. The rice is growing strong and steadily, facing the ever-changing conditions of nature, including the heat of the sun and the intense wind and rain.

Activity report by former Hokuryu Town Mayor Yutaka Sano