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Sunflower blooming status in 2025, news, etc.
  • March 19, 2025

The history of sunflower cultivation is discussed by a tourism association director at Hokuryu Junior High School [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) operated Internet site [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital] posted an article (dated March 18th) titled "History of Sunflower Cultivation: Tourism Association Director Speaks at Hokuryu Junior High School" […]

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Sunflower blooming status in 2025, news, etc.
  • March 19, 2025

Mr. Yotsuji, the "principal figure" of Hokuryu becoming the "village of sunflowers," gives a speech at Hokuryu Junior High School. "I hope the tradition of 'Sunflowers of the World' will be passed down." [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), reported that "Mr. Yotsuji, the key figure in Hokuryu's rise to the status of a sunflower village, gives a lecture at Hokuryu Junior High School. "Sunflowers of the World" [...]

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sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
  • March 14, 2025

[Sunflower watermelon cultivation and snow removal work in greenhouses] Takada Akimitsu Farm [Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association]

Friday, March 14, 2025 On Tuesday, March 11, snow removal work was carried out at Takada Akimitsu Farm, a farm of the Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers. Two snow removal machines were used inside and outside the greenhouse. The iron pipes were cleared by hand because snow remained on them.

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