[September 2024] Hokuryu Town Portal Operation Report

• Hokuryu Town Portal Full Information:"Website Hokuryu Town Portal" + "Facebook page: Hokuryu Town Treasures" + "Instagram: Hokuryu Town Treasures" + "Youtube Hokuryu Town Portal」
• Access analysis:Google Analytics 4 (GA4) has been in use since June
• Operator:Hokuryu Town Community Supporter, Terauchi Ikuko; Hokuryu Town Portal Volunteer Management Support (filming, editing, and updating): Terauchi Noboru

◉ September: Number of visitors: 24,376 people (average 812 people/30 days)
◉ September: Number of articles: 285 (average 15 articles/19 working days)

September: Hokuryu Town Portal - Access from around the world

◉ Japan: 15,900 people (96% of the total)
◉ Overseas: 719 people (4% of the total)
(138 from Indonesia, 107 from the US, 82 from Hong Kong, 58 from Taiwan, 57 from Singapore, 49 from South Korea, and others. A total of 53 countries)

Website ・Hokuryu Town Portal

September Feature Articles: 16

1. FY2024 Sorachi District Kita-Sorachi Sub-Block Workshop 2024: "Health Promotion for the Elderly and Hokuryu Town's Initiatives" and "The Charm of Hokuryu Town" (September 2nd)
2. The 2024 harvest of sake rice "Suisei" has begun! (September 3rd)
3. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki visits Hokuryu Town [September 2024] Brilliant young people (September 4th) 
4. Fifth graders at Shinryu Elementary School "Rice Farming Experience" - Making and setting up scarecrows and observing the progress of growing rice (September 5th)
5. Enjoy autumn with salad rice noodles (rice flour noodles "My Noodle" brown rice noodles & rice flour noodles with Gagome kelp) made with plenty of vegetables from Hokuryu Town (September 6th)
6. The 2024 radio calisthenics program has concluded! Let's get in shape and get through the coming winter in good health! (September 9th)
7. First shipment of new sunflower rice (sake rice and glutinous rice) from the 2024 harvest! (September 9th)
8. Preparations for the 2024 Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival! With one heart and soul, we give thanks for the autumn harvest and bountiful grains (September 10th)
9. With gratitude and prayers for the sasazushi at the Autumn Festival! (September 10th)
10. Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival @ Wa Community Center (Wa Neighborhood Association) (September 10th)
11. Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival and Fair (September 11th)
12. Lecture by Naoki Kishi, president of the Hokuryu Kendama Club (Head of Social Education, Hokuryu Town Board of Education) on "The History of the Hokuryu Kendama Club and Kendama Recreation for Everyone" (September 17th)
13. Fifth graders at Shinryu Elementary School "Rice Farming Experience" - Rice harvesting (Takada Farm) and hanging the rice on racks (Shinryu Elementary School) (September 24th)
14. Hokuryu Kendama Club 3rd Anniversary Tournament 2024: Adults and children alike play enthusiastically together (September 26th)
15. Enjoy the silvery white rice of this year's harvest, "Sunflower Rice," cooked in a clay pot, accompanied by grilled salted saury! (September 27th)
16. Sapporo Autumn Fest 2024: Participating in the 4th Hokuryu Town event! Newly harvested "Sunflower Rice" scooping is a big hit! (September 30th)

Treasures of Hokuryu Town:

🌻 Photo posting (uploaded to Google Photos: 87 photos)

🌻 Multilingual (4 languages) system currently under construction and operation
(From June 30th: English and Traditional Chinese, from August 1st (additional language): Indonesian)