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    • Sales of Hokuryu rice harvested in 2024 will be suspended [JA Kitasorachi]
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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

Hokuryu Town logo "Bright Farming Methods"
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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!

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December activity schedule January activity schedule

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

Overview of Hokuryu Town

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❂ Area: 159 km²
❂ Population: 1,560 people[Compared to previous month: – 2 】
❂ Household:766 households[Compared to previous month: – 4 】
(December 1, 2025)
❂ 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


Hokuryu Town Homepage

New local public transportation service launched (R7 10.1.)


On-demand & scheduled routes

Hokuryu Town introduction page


Hokuryu Town introduction page

Hokuryu Town Hometown Tax

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  • Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki - December Activities Schedule

    Updated on Thursday, November 5th and Friday, December 5th, 2025. To everyone! We want to talk to you! We will use your voices to improve our town...

  • Following on from the previous "Winter Scenery in the First Half of November", this time we will be introducing "1...

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    Published on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, updated on Monday, October 6. Hokuryu Town's new local public transportation system will be operational from Wednesday, October 1, 2025.

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    Friday, April 24, 2020: Waterfowl frolicking on the surface of Edaibetsu Dam Lake... Waterfowl spreading their wings wide and taking flight...

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  • Kazuyo Tanaka on Ryoji Kikura's first cultivation of the sacred plant "Makomodake" that is said to dwell in gods and ward off evil spirits is growing beautifully!!!
  • cookie on 🌻 July 15th (Friday) The Chamber of Commerce Youth and Women's Division Joint Beer Garden 🍻 will be held! Our restaurant will also be participating ♪ 😊 [Himawari Restaurant]
  • Kimu on Mayor Yutaka Sano's Activity Report: February 2nd (Wednesday) Mayor's Appraisal of the FY2022 Initial Budget, Attending the Wake of the Late Mr. Masaaki Asano of the Mitani Neighborhood Association
  • iro on Etaibetsu Dam covered in snow
  • Noboru & Ikuko on Etaibetsu Dam covered in snow
  • iro on Etaibetsu Dam covered in snow
  • Noboru & Ikuko on This is the first time we've seen sunflower watermelons. I think we'll be able to produce sweet and delicious watermelons this year too. [Minorich Hokuryu]
  • landowner kozo on This is the first time we've seen sunflower watermelons. I think we'll be able to produce sweet and delicious watermelons this year too. [Minorich Hokuryu]
  • Noboru & Ikuko on Seven companies from the Hokuryu Town Construction Industry Association support local restaurants by ordering lunch boxes!
  • Yasuhiro Sasaki on Seven companies from the Hokuryu Town Construction Industry Association support local restaurants by ordering lunch boxes!

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❂ Hokuryu Town Treasures Facebook Page

❂ Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki Instagram
❂ Hokuryu Town Homepage Latest News
❂ Around the sunflowers
❂ Hokuryu Town l Regional revitalizer
❂ Hokuryu Fire Department
❂ Hokuryu Junior High School
❂ Shinryu Elementary School
❂ Eirakuen Special Nursing Home for the Elderly
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❂ JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch
❂ JA Kitasorachi
○ JA Kitasorachi Facebook page
○ JA Kitasorachi Instagram
❂ Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association
○ Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association Instagram
❂ Hokuryu Town Chamber of Commerce
❂ Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Online Shop
○ Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Instagram
❂ Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen
○ Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen Instagram
❂ 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)
○ Self-cutting forestry/natural Instagram
❂ 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
○ tokadin715 Instagram
❂ 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
❂ Open the Door (Keiko Ozaki)
❂ Hokkaido Roadside Station Tour
❂ Young-onset Dementia Family Association, Sorachi Sunflower

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Hokuryu Town HallLatest 8 articles

    • December 18, 2025

    #4 Miharu Yamagami | Turning the dream of agriculture into a job and making agriculture a dream job [Around the Sunflowers] Your story living in this town

    • December 4, 2025

    #3 Kiyohiko Fujinobu | Thinking about the future of Hokuryu Town through the work of our ancestors and the work of the construction industry [Around the Sunflowers] Your story living in this town

    • December 4, 2025

    Gifting babies with original picture books: Hokuryu Town depicts the charm of Hokuryu with a warm touch [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]

    • December 2, 2025

    Celebrating the birth of life. The completion of the one-of-a-kind original picture book "Your Picture Book" and the day author Nagao Takuma carved into Hokuryu Town

    • December 1, 2025

    Recruiting "Local Career Partners" and "Business Challenge Fellows" (Second round of recruitment) [Hokuryu Town website]

    • November 25, 2025

    Exhibiting at the "New Farmers Fair" held at Tokyo Big Sight on Sunday, November 23, 2025 [Hokuryu Town Website]

    • November 20, 2025

    [Hokuryu Town Exhibit: November 22nd (Sat) and 23rd (Sun)] JOIN Migration, Exchange & Regional Revitalization Fair 2025 @ Tokyo Big Sight

    • November 17, 2025

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

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