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    • Kurosengoku soybeans
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    • New farmers
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  • 1 Hokuryu Town logo "Bright Farming Methods" and Happy Yellow Postbox
  • 2 Mayor Sasaki Yasuhiro
  • 3 Overview of Hokuryu Town
  • 4 Hokuryu Town Homepage
  • 5 New local public transportation service launched (R7 10.1.)
  • 6 Hokuryu Town introduction page
  • 7 Hokuryu Town Hometown Tax

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❂ Area: 159 km²
❂ Population: 1,551 people[Compared to previous month: – 9 】
❂ Household:760 households[Compared to previous month: – 6 】
(January 1, 2026)
❂ Aging rate:46.2%(20th route in the entire prefecture)
❂ Late-stage aging rate:29.6%(13th in the entire prefecture)
(179 cities, towns and villages in the prefectureAs of January 1, 2025)

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New local public transportation service launched (R7 10.1.)


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  • Smiles of trust and collaboration bloom amid the snow. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki...

    Friday, January 9, 2026 On Wednesday, January 7, Hokuryu Town was blanketed in a world of silver. On this day, Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki met with the neighborhood associations of 10 districts in the town...

  • PTA Cooperation Department Parenting Seminar: Mr. Kato "Childcare is self-development...".

    Friday, March 4, 2022

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

    Friday, September 2, 2022

  • Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club General Meeting & New Year's Party 2025...

    February 3, 2025 (Mon) January 28 (Tue) 11:30 AM, Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen will host the Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club...

  • On a snowy night, light up the bounty of the earth...

    Monday, December 15, 2025: Hokuryu Town will be enveloped in a soft blanket of snow. In stark contrast to the silvery world outside the window, our...

  • Based on traditional wire mesh craft techniques, each piece is handcrafted...

    Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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    Friday, March 13, 2020 The vermilion and pale blue roofs float on the pure white snowfield, adding color to the landscape, creating a Nordic-like scene...

  • (Notice) October 29th (Sat) and October 30th (Sun) Kumia...

    On Thursday, October 20th, Saturday, October 29th, and Sunday, October 30th, 2022, a Hokkaido Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SMB) event will be held at the Chikaho Kita 3-jo Intersection Square (West).

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    Friday, February 7, 2025: It was the first sunny day since February began, and the sky was a deep blue.

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❂ Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association
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❂ Hokuryu Town Chamber of Commerce
❂ Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Online Shop
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❂ Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen
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❂ Minoritch Kitaryu Instagram
❂ Group Home Hekisui Facebook page
❂ Hokuko Construction Co., Ltd.
○ Hokko Construction Co., Ltd. Facebook page
❂ Kitaso Co., Ltd.
❂ Fujioka Tsumagami Co., Ltd.
❂ Honoka Agricultural Cooperative Instagram

❂ Takada Co., Ltd. Instagram
❂ Agricultural Cooperative Corporation Toyoryu Farm Instagram
❂ NPO Akarui Farming Instagram
❂ Ryusenji Temple, Jodo Shinshu Honganji

❂ Hokuryu Town Sunflower Chorus Facebook Page
❂ Hokuryu Kendama Club Instagram
❂ Self-cutting forestry and natural forestry (Tatsuya Uei)
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❂ Naganomori Activity Organization (Representative: Osamu Kato)
❂ hanamarche2022 Instagram
❂ tumugi1114 Instagram
 
❂ Hokuryu Sunflower Osteopathic Clinic
○ Hokuryu Himawari Osteopathic Clinic Facebook Page
❂ Restaurant Himawari
○ Restaurant Himawari Instagram
❂ Kitchen Harebare
❂ tokadin715 and Mr. and Mrs. Takeshita
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❂ Sunflower Town Craft Marche (Creema)
○ HandMade In Japan Fes' Winter (2026) Instagram
○ Craft Marche Instagram
❂ YouTube Channel: Hiroyuki Takimoto
○ t_hiro Channel
❂ Mr. Takebayashi, a farmer from Hokuryu Town
❂ Hokuryu Board Game Club (Claystone Projects)
 
❂ Mizuho Farmers Agricultural Cooperative Facebook Page
❂ Straw Crafts Nuku's Instagram
❂ Hokuryu Marche Instagram
❂ AgriFighter North Dragon Facebook Page
❂ Activity report by Yutaka Sano, former mayor of Hokuryu Town
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❂ Hokkaido Roadside Station Tour
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    • January 9, 2026

    <Hokuryu> Tsubasa Arai (25) completes the Honolulu Marathon [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

    • January 6, 2026

    Mami Uemura, a member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly, participated in the Hokuryu Town New Year's Day Marathon for the first time! Thank you!

    • December 23, 2025

    Ranking of Hokkaido's roadside stations that couples want to visit! Which one beats out second-placed Sunflower Hokuryu? [2025 Survey] [All About News]

    • December 22, 2025

    [Appearance by Yuto Sakai, a Hokuryu Town Regional Revitalization Supporter] Two JR Rumoi Line stations hold their final Christmas celebrations: Mochi pounding at Ishikari-Numata Station and a cake from the old station building unveiled at Kita-Chichibubetsu Station [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

    • December 22, 2025

    Watanabe Farm Co., Ltd. (Hekisui, Hokuryu Town) registered its corporate number on December 18, 2025. [FOUNDED-TODAY]

    • December 19, 2025

    Taiwanese high school students say "The meat and rice are delicious" during "Dream Rural School" overnight exchange in Fukagawa and other areas [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

    • December 17, 2025

    Elementary school students' ideas for town development: Sixth graders become one-day council members at "Children's Parliament" in Hokuryu [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]

    • December 16, 2025

    Eleven sixth-graders from Shinryu Elementary School ask sharp questions about Hokuryu's urban development at the "Children's Assembly" [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

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