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Hokuryu Town related information

  • October 12, 2020

(Notice) Soba noodles made with new buckwheat flour from JA Kitasorachi (Horokanai Town, Fukagawa City, Hokuryu Town, etc.) are now on sale at 7-Eleven stores nationwide! [Hokuryu Town related information]

On Monday, October 12, 2020, Seven-Eleven, the convenience store chain with the largest number of stores in Japan, will begin selling soba noodles made with new buckwheat flour from JA Kitasorachi (headquarters: Fukagawa City, Hokkaido) at all 21,000 stores nationwide! The sale will run until November 1, 2020.

  • August 19, 2020

Ryoji Kikura (former president of Kitasorachi Agricultural Cooperative) Food Safety and Security Cannot Be Ensured (Hokkaido Shimbun, page 6, August 19, 2020 morning edition, Wednesday discussion section, "What are the impacts of the Seed and Seedlings Act amendments?")

On Thursday, August 19, 2020, the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper published a Wednesday discussion column on page 6 (morning edition, August 19, 2020) titled "What are the effects of the Seed and Seedlings Act amendments?". Ryoji Kikura, a resident of Hokuryu Town (former president of Kitasorachi Agricultural Cooperative), commented, "Food safety and security cannot be guaranteed. [...]

  • June 16, 2020

Expressing gratitude to Hokuryu through online communication; a man diagnosed with dementia moves to Hokuryu and begins a new life [Hokkaido Shimbun Evening Edition, Personal Stories]

On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper published an article titled "Expressing gratitude to Hokuryu through the Internet (Hokuryu Town Community Supporters, Noboru Terauchi and Ikuko)" in the "Stories of People and Things" section of the June 8 evening edition (Hokkaido edition). The Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper […]