The amazing Sunflower Festival in Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido! Home to Japan's largest number of 2 million sunflowers [eltha]

July 18, 2023
Sunflower blooming status and news for 2023, Hokuryu Town related information
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

An article titled "Hokkaido's Hokuryu Town's Sunflower Festival is Amazing! Japan's Largest Village with 2 Million Sunflowers" (dated July 13th) has been published on the internet site eltha, operated by Oricon Inc. (Tokyo), so we would like to introduce it to you.

The amazing Sunflower Festival in Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido! Home to Japan's largest number of sunflowers, over 2 million | eltha — The amazing Sunflower Festival in Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido! Home to Japan's largest number of 2 million sunflowers [eltha]

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table of contents

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

Hokuryu Town logo "Bright Farming Methods"
Yellow Post of Happiness

Mayor Sasaki Yasuhiro

The mayor talks about Hokuryu's vision for the future

Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki's Activity Report

To everyone! I want to talk to you.
We will use your feedback to develop the city!
Please feel free to drop by the Mayor's Office.
January activity schedule　February activity schedule

We tour Hokuryu Town every month to give talks.
Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki explores the charms of the town

Overview of Hokuryu Town

Click here for a larger map >>

❂ 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）

Hokuryu Town Homepage

New local public transportation service launched (R7 10.1.)

On-demand & scheduled routes

Hokuryu Town introduction page

Hokuryu Town Hometown Tax

❂ Furunavi
❂ Hometown Choice

❂ Rakuten Market

❂ ANA

❂ Saison

❂ Satofull

The amazing Sunflower Festival in Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido! Home to Japan's largest number of 2 million sunflowers [eltha]

On Saturday, July 8th, a small, cute sunflower began to bloom in the sunflower village!

A relaxing day trip ♪ [Asahikawa and surrounding areas] Scenic spots for viewing flowers in the summer [LINER WEB]

Sunflower blooming status and news for 2023Latest 8 articles

[Set in the Sunflower Village in Hokuryu Town] Fukagawa's Okimoto achieves his long-cherished dream: "It's like being in a dream" - Winner of the Northern Manga Award [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

[Acrylic painting of a sunflower field in Hokuryu, Hokkaido] "Mama, I can't stand up" A dream found in bed by an elementary school student who lost the use of his legs and arms [Asahi Shimbun Digital]

[Hokuryu Town Sunflower Village] The winner of the Northern Manga Awards Manga Division was Okimoto from Fukagawa, and the winner of the Illustration Division was Paraff from Saitama. [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

[Digital Photo Gallery] GSDF 2nd Division | Supporting the 37th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival [Defense Daily Digital]

Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido, scraps plans for an observation deck by architect Kengo Kuma, says Yutaka Sano (Mayor of Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido) [Nikkei Business Online]

[YouTube Video: Michael Talk] FFC is a big hit at a famous sunflower spot (Hokuryu Town Sunflower Village) [Akatsuka Botanical Garden Group]

[Introduction Case] Sunflower Town: Introducing Wi-Fi 6 compatible outdoor wireless to a tourist attraction in Hokuryu Town, Uryu District, Hokkaido, achieving smooth high-speed communication even with multiple connections! [High Tech Inter Co., Ltd.]

Sunflowers bloom in autumn in Hokuryu [Hokkaido Shimbun]