[April 2025] 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) will be used from June 2024
• Operator:Hokuryu Town Community Supporter, Noboru Terauchi (photographer, editor, and updater) & Ikuko Terauchi (writer)

◉ April: Number of visitors: 19,781 people (average 659 people/30 days)
◉ April: Number of articles: 295 (average 15 articles/21 working days)

Website Hokuryu Town Portal

Multilingual system (5 languages) currently under construction and in operation

❂ We want to share with the world the "spirit of harmony" and "compassion" that the people of Hokuryu hold dear.
❂ Maximum translation volume per day: 800,000 words (for countries with high traffic, etc.)
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1 From January 2020:Japanese(WordPress launch)
2 From June 30, 2024:English・traditional language(Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau)
4 From August 1, 2024:Indonesian
5 From November 3, 2024:Vietnamese
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6 From May 6, 2025:Turkish
7 From May 6, 2025:Azerbaijani

April: Access from around the world

◉ Japan: 11,487 people (90% of the total)
◉ Overseas: 1,258 people (10% of the total)

◉ 207 from the United States, 199 from China, 177 from Singapore, 156 from Hong Kong, 153 from Taiwan, 127 from Indonesia, 59 from South Korea, and others. A total of 51 countries (196 UN member states)

April Feature Articles: 12

1. [Sunflower watermelon cultivation and mulch sheet installation work] Takada Akimitsu Farm [Hokuryu sunflower watermelon production (April 1st)
2. Monthly Meeting and Farewell Party for Community Supporters and Community Revitalization Cooperators @Kitchen Seisei (April 2nd)
3. [Sunflower Watermelon Cultivation and Seedling Tour & Social Gathering] [Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association] (April 3rd)
4. Spring Celebration Chirashi Sushi (April 4th)
5. [Sunflower watermelon cultivation and planting] Takada Akimitsu Farm [Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association] (April 7th)
6. "Kurosengoku Bean Sprouts" and "Kurosengoku Soybean Sunflower Oil Dressing" grown from seeds from the Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association (April 8th)
7. Tasting Botamochi with Kurosengoku An and Sakura An (April 9th)
8. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki explores the charms of Hokuryu Town [April 2025] He visits Eirakuen Special Nursing Home to encourage the elderly! (April 11th)
9. The cycle of life connecting the forest and the sea: "The story of Picea Glehnii tea woven on a day of grain rain" (April 24th)
10. April 24th (Thursday) Japan's first! Itasha sweet potato shop [Yakimoya Mai-chan] (April 25th)
11. Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club "Reiwa 7 Environmental Cleanup (Garbage Collection)" held! (April 28th)
12. Sweet and fluffy "Kurosengoku Soybean Kinako Roll" with gratitude! (April 30th)

Treasures of Hokuryu Town

🌻 Photo posting (uploaded to Google Photos: 161 photos)