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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

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❂ 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)

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❂ Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Online Shop
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❂ Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen
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❂ Minoritch Kitaryu Instagram
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❂ Hokuko Construction Co., Ltd.
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❂ Kitaso Co., Ltd.
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❂ 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)
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❂ 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
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❂ Sunflower Town Craft Marche (Creema)
○ HandMade In Japan Fes' Winter (2026) Instagram
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❂ 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
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❂ Hokuryu Marche Instagram
❂ AgriFighter North Dragon Facebook Page
❂ Activity report by Yutaka Sano, former mayor of Hokuryu Town
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❂ Hokkaido Roadside Station Tour
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    • January 9, 2026

    He told me that he had learned how to do flips during the winter break, so we synchronized ♪ [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

    • January 6, 2026

    Happy New Year! I look forward to working with you again this year. I hope to do lots of fun things this year too 🔥 [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

    • December 26, 2025

    Day 25: Anything Goes (Kendama Dash) - Running with a kendama in hand is a way to express the rush of a year spent at work. [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

    • December 25, 2025

    Day 24: Haneken - The moment I completed the trick, I was greeted by a conversation partner [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

    • December 24, 2025

    Day 23: Uguisu - This time, I went to a drinking party with @himawari_hokuryu. It was amazing. He even let me take photos after the party [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

    • December 23, 2025

    Day 22: Spinning the globe. We didn’t have time for a lunch break so we rushed to take photos. We had a Christmas party after this [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

  • Day 19 - Day 21: Lighthouse and the synchronized upside-down throwing! [Hokuryu Kendama Club]
    • December 22, 2025

    Day 19 - Day 21: Lighthouse and the synchronized upside-down throwing! [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

    • December 19, 2025

    Day 18: A gift from heaven - After filming, I tried to edit, but I realized I was too close to the camera [Hokuryu Kendama Club]

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