Friday, April 4, 2025
The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website, operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo), has published an article (dated April 3rd) entitled "Planting of Hokuryu's specialty, sunflower watermelon, begins," which we would like to introduce to you.
![Planting of Hokuryu's specialty, sunflower watermelon, begins [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/67974b62ed2f82f06f4b4197d6b6cfa3.jpg)
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![[Sunflower watermelon cultivation and seedling tour & social gathering] Toshinari Watanabe, Kosuke Sato, Katsuhiro Sugimoto, Michiyoshi Izaki, Hiromi Tsuzuki, and Akimitsu Takada of Takada Co., Ltd. [Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250328-IMG_6799-375x281.jpg)
![Hoping for a good harvest this year too – Planting of Hokuryu's specialty "Sunflower Watermelon" begins [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-07-8.11.46-375x285.jpg)