Public Organizations, etc.

October 27, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the "Love Ring" food truck will be opening! On the 25th (Sat) and 26th (Sun), we will be selling Kurosengoku waterless curry, sunflower rings, Vienna naan, and more at the Hokkaido University Marche Ward. [Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association]

Monday, October 27, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association (@kurosengoku)

October 23, 2025

We'd like to share with you what it was like on the day of the "Weaving the 90 Years of the Sapporo-Numazu Line" event, held over two days during last week's three-day weekend (October 12th and 13th) to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the completion of the Sapporo-Numazu Line! [Yuto Sakai, Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourism Association]

Thursday, October 23, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)

October 21, 2025

Ah! Let's eat this!! [Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen] Hokuryu's new souvenir "Hima Ring" [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 ◇

October 20, 2025

This time, we would like to inform you about the "Sunflower Rice Sales at Daimaru Sapporo B1F" event currently being held in Sapporo! For seven days from October 15th (Wed) to October 21st (Tue), Hokuryu Town's proud new year's rice will be on sale at Daimaru Sapporo! [Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]

Monday, October 20, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)

October 20, 2025

October 16th (Thursday) Building B \🍁We held a harvest festival🍁/ We enjoyed a variety of autumn flavors! We had a homemade lunch using saury and mushroom soup, chestnut rice, and persimmons✨🌰 [Hekisui Group Home]

Monday, October 20, 2025

October 17, 2025

Shiny Kurosengoku rice harvest begins in Hokuryu [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

Friday, October 17, 2025: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) has published an article titled "Harvesting of Shiny Kurosengoku Rice Cultivation Begins in Hokuryu" (dated October 16th). We would like to share it with you. [...]

October 15, 2025

The 2025 "Japan's Best Sunflowers" photo contest received a record-breaking 622 submissions! [Yuto Sakai, Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association]

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)

October 15, 2025

[Notice: Friday, October 31st] Halloween Event - Chamber of Commerce Youth Division [Hokuryu Town Chamber of Commerce]

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 👻 The "Soul" of the Event: Hokuryu Town's "Omotenashi" Spirit In Japan, Halloween, a Western culture, is seen as an opportunity for warm exchange, "to laugh and help each other regardless of generation or status." […]

October 14, 2025

October 10th marks the grand opening of several stations on the former Sapporo-Numazu Line, which we recently introduced. 🎂 [Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)

October 14, 2025

We will be running a booth at the Hokuryu Town booth at the Sorachi Autumn Festival to be held in Iwamizawa City on Monday, October 13th (national holiday). [Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association]

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association (@kurosengoku)

October 9, 2025

This is an announcement for the "Weaving the 90-Year History of the Sapporo-Numazu Line" exhibition event, which will be held simultaneously in the five towns of Urausu, Shintotsukawa, Uryu, Hokuryu, and Numata on Sunday, October 12th and Monday, October 13th! [Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]

Thursday, October 9, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)

October 8, 2025

We'd like to introduce you to the stalls at the 2025 Sapporo Autumn Fest, a festival of Hokkaido's autumn flavors held in Sapporo! [Yuto Sakai, Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourism Association]

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)

October 8, 2025

🌕 Moon Viewing 🌕 In the afternoon, we made dumplings together. We decorated the area with Japanese pampas grass, arranged dumplings 🍡, apples 🍎, and chestnuts 🌰 next to them, and then waited for the moon to come out. [Hekisui Group Home]

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

October 6, 2025

Building A 📍The weather was nice today, so we went for a drive to Asahiyama Zoo, which we'd always wanted to visit. 🚙 Everyone was so happy 🐧 🐻 [Hekisui Group Home]

Monday, October 6, 2025

October 3, 2025

We would like to inform you about our participation in the Sapporo Autumn Fest, a hugely popular annual autumn festival in Sapporo! [Hokuryu Town Himawari Tourism Association, Sakai Yuto]

Friday, October 3, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻 (@sunflower_hokuryu)

October 1, 2025

Price list and purchasing instructions for Hokuryu Town sunflower rice (white rice and brown rice) for 2025 [JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch]

How to purchase Hokuryu-grown sunflower rice (as of Wednesday, October 1, 2025) JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch: Nationwide shipping available. All varieties of sunflower rice (Nanatsuboshi, Oborozuki, Yumepirika, Pesticide-reduced Kitakurin, Germinated Brown Rice (Nana […]

October 1, 2025

We'll introduce you to the "Hokuryu Sunflower Rice New Rice Thanksgiving Festival"! [Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Yuto Sakai]

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association🌻(@sunflower_hokuryu)

September 30, 2025

Kurosengoku soybean products will be sold at the Hokuryu Town booth in the Nishi 8-chome venue for three days from October 2nd (Thurs) to 4th (Sat) of the 2025 Sapporo Autumn Fest (4th period) [Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association]

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association (@kurosengoku)

September 30, 2025

Saturday, September 27th (Sunday) Happy 85th birthday! 🎉🎉 We hope you continue to be full of energy and smiles! ☺️ [Hekisui Group Home]

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

September 29, 2025

Ah! Let's eat this!! Kurosengoku natto, a popular breakfast dish at hotels [Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen] [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]

On Monday, September 29, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article titled "Oh! Let's try this! Kurosengoku natto, a popular hotel breakfast dish [Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen] [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]" […]