Friday, December 12, 2025 On Thursday, December 11, the "2025 Hokuryu Town Children's Assembly" opened in the snow-covered Hokuryu Town Assembly Hall. The 6th grade of Shinryu Elementary School...
Friday, December 12, 2025 On Thursday, December 11, the "2025 Hokuryu Town Children's Assembly" opened in the snow-covered Hokuryu Town Assembly Hall. The 6th grade of Shinryu Elementary School...
On November 21st (Friday), 2025, fifth graders at Shinryu Elementary School held a harvest festival where they made rice balls and miso soup using the newly grown rice they themselves had grown.
On Tuesday, October 7th and Tuesday, September 30th, 2025, fifth graders from Shinryu Elementary School experienced the "story of the soul" of rice that has been lovingly grown. They also experienced threshing and hulling...
Thursday, September 11, 2025 On Wednesday, September 10, six fifth graders from Shinryu Elementary School in Hokuryu Town experienced rice harvesting. They planted the rice themselves in May.
On July 9th (Wednesday), 5th graders from Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School participated in a rice cultivation experience. An expert explained the stages of rice growth...
On Monday, June 30, 2025, third-graders from Shinryu Elementary School participated in the 10th annual "Cherry Blossom Cultivation Experience." The Kita Sorachi Forestry Association...
Friday, May 23, 2025 From around 10:30 on Tuesday, May 21, six fifth graders from Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School (Principal Sadao Kamata) participated in the Hokuryu Town…
Monday, May 19, 2025 On Wednesday, May 14, Shinryu Elementary School invited members of the Board of Education (including Chairman Tanaka) to a 1.
May 12, 2025 (Mon) On May 8 (Thurs), Mayor Sasaki explored the town's attractions. In May, he visited Hokuryu Junior High School, where he was newly appointed...
January 20, 2025 (Mon) We interviewed Yoshiki Tanaka, who was appointed as the Hokuryu Town Superintendent of Education on January 1, 2025 (Wednesday), about his career and teaching experience.
Friday, November 22, 2024 On Wednesday, November 20, nine fifth graders attended home economics class at Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School as part of their comprehensive studies...
On Monday, October 7, 2024, two weeks had passed since the fifth graders at Shinryu Elementary School experienced rice harvesting and hanging as part of their comprehensive learning class.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 From 10:00 on Thursday, September 19, 10 fifth graders from Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School (Principal Sadao Kamata) will be...
September 5th (Thursday), 2024 From 10:00 AM on Wednesday, September 4th, 5th graders (9 students) from Shinryu Elementary School will be making scarecrows at Takayama Takayama Co., Ltd. in Mitani, Hokuryu Town.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 From 10:00 on Monday, July 8, 10 fifth graders from Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School (Principal Sadao Kamata) participated in the Hokuryu…
On Monday, July 8, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 5, Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki conducted his July inspection tour of Hokuryu Town. The town visited...
Friday, June 28, 2024 On Thursday, June 27, the Hokuryu Sunflower and Watermelon Producers Association (Chairman Akimitsu Takada, Vice Chairman Kosuke Sato) held the "Hokuryu Sunflower and Watermelon Producers Association" event.
Thursday, June 20, 2024 Hokuryu Town is a small town with a population of about 1,600 people located in the northern part of the Sorachi region, somewhat centrally in Hokkaido.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 From 10:00 on Tuesday, May 21, 12 fifth graders from Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School (Principal Sadao Kamata) participated in the Hokuryu...
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On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet website operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), published an article titled "Putting Elementary School Students' Ideas into Town Development: Hokuryu's 'Children's Parliament': Sixth Graders Serve as Council Members for a Day" (dated December 17).
On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "Sharp Questions on Hokuryu Town Development: 11 Shinryu Elementary School 6th Graders Attend Children's Assembly" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. The article was published on December 15.
Friday, December 12, 2025 On Thursday, December 11, the "2025 Hokuryu Town Children's Assembly" opened in the snow-covered Hokuryu Town Assembly Hall. Eleven sixth-graders from Shinryu Elementary School gave a sharp discussion on the town's challenges, including ski resort utilization, brown bear countermeasures, and accommodations.
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On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, and Thursday, November 27, a new treasure was born in Hokuryu Town. It is an original picture book called "Your Picture Book," which will be given to babies born in the town. It was written by picture book author Takuma Nagao. The book was bound […]
