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Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association

  • July 17, 2024

We are looking for participants for the "Sandan-no-Taki" sightseeing tour... [News from the Joint Government Office]

Establishment of the Hokuryu Town Tourism Association. We are looking for participants for the "Sandan-no-taki" sightseeing tour. Hokuryu Town Joint Government Office Bulletin (July 1, 1973) Town Hall Edition No. 95. Mori Masashi, Director of the Hokuryu Town Joint Government Office and Liaison Association. The Tourism Association and the Taisei Association are promoting the area's […]

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  • July 17, 2024

3. 50 Years of Tourism Association History: 1970s

50 Years of the Tourism Association’s History [1970s] Year Month Major Events 1970 May 1st Hokuryu Town Cherry Blossom Festival held (Konpirayama Park) 🌻 The town started a three-year project to develop Konpirayama Park (roads, holidays, etc.)

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  • July 17, 2024

3. 50 Years of the Tourism Association: The 1980s

50 Years of the Tourism Association’s History [1980s] Year Month Major Events 1980 4 Susumu Yotsutsuji, an agricultural cooperative employee who participated in a European inspection training program, saw the sunflower fields around Belgrade Airport in the former Yugoslavia.

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  • July 17, 2024

1980s: New Frontier Festival

50 Years of the Tourism Association: The 1980s: New Frontier Festival New Frontier Festival In 1987, NHK Hokkaido launched the "Hometown Pride and Song Pride Competition" in an effort to revitalize Hokkaido.

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  • July 17, 2024

3. 50 Years of the Tourism Association: The 1990s

50 Years of the Tourism Association’s History [1990s] Year Month Major Events 1990 4 Tetsuo Sasaki appointed as the Tourism Association’s president 5 The 21st Hokuryu Town Cherry Blossom Festival was held (Konpirayama Park) 6 “Safety measures to protect the lives and health of the people […]”

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  • July 17, 2024

3. 50 Years of Tourism Association History: The 2000s

50 Years of the Tourism Association [2000s] Year Month Major Events 2000 5 Expanded the Himawari no Sato area from 13ha to 14.5ha 5 Appointed 10 people as "Hokuryu Tourism Ambassadors" (Hajime Hoshiba, Tomoya Shimizu, Susumu Yotsutsuji, Fujie […]

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  • July 17, 2024

3. 50 Years of Tourism Association History: The 2020s

50 Years of the Tourism Association [2020s] Year Month Major Events Reiwa 2 (2020) 2 After the Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo City), which attracted approximately 2 million tourists from Japan and abroad, came to a close on the 13th, the COVID-19 outbreak […]

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  • July 17, 2024

Farmers' Action Organization "Multifunctionality Payment" (Himawari Road)

Initially, sunflowers were planted on 1.4km of farmland, 20m wide and 1.4km long, from the Wa district to Wa city and from Sunflower Park to Hekisui city, as a tourist landscape crop, with subsidies from the town. Later, as part of the "Multifunctionality Payment Project," the town received subsidies to plant sunflowers.

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  • July 17, 2024

2000s: Minato Kobe 2001 Sunflower Citizen Symposium

50 Years of Tourism Association History: The 2000s: Minato Kobe 2001 Sunflower Citizens Symposium Minato Kobe 2001 Sunflower Citizens Symposium The symposium was held on August 3, 2001, by the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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  • July 17, 2024

6. List of awards, certificates of appreciation, etc.

Awards and commendations: ❂ March 1983: Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award for "Making Our Village Beautiful" (Hokuryu Town), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ❂ February 1988: Hokkaido Industry Contribution Award (Agricultural Cooperative Women's Division), Governor of Hokkaido ❂ January 1989: Hokkaido Town Development Award […]

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  • July 17, 2024

6. Awards, certificates of appreciation, etc.

"Our Village is Beautiful" Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award In 1983, the village received the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award for "Our Village is Beautiful." The award was given in recognition of the magnificent views, high agricultural productivity, and efforts to beautify the borders, as well as the cultivation of sunflowers as part of the flower-growing campaign.

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