February 14, 2025 (Friday) This Valentine's Day, we're making a "Gâteau au Chocolat" topped with Kurosengoku Don, Kurosengoku Flakes, and mixed nuts! Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler, mix with the egg yolks and whipped egg whites, and then add the rice […]
Monday, February 3, 2025. This year's Setsubun falls on Sunday, February 2. This year's lucky direction is southwest! Setsubun is the day before the beginning of spring, the last day of winter, and is a day to ward off evil spirits and welcome good fortune into the new season. "Himawari Restaurant" offers three types of lucky […]
Friday, January 17, 2025 Friday, January 17th marks the start of the winter doyo (18 days before the beginning of spring). As the seasons change, it's easy to get sick, so eat red foods to ward off evil spirits and spend the day relaxing and calmly. Mehari & […]
January 9th, 2025 (Thursday) Enjoy delicious Hokuryu-cho mochi rice cakes with fermented red bean paste zenzai and Kurosengoku kinako mochi! Zenzai with fermented red beans. The zenzai is made with Hokuryu-cho mochi rice cakes and Hokuryu-cho red beans, seasoned with rice koji […]
January 7th (Tuesday), 2025 January 7th is known as "Seven Herbs Day," and on this day people eat rice porridge containing the seven spring herbs—water dropwort, shepherd's purse, gogyo (Japanese laurel wort), chickweed, henbit, turnip, and Japanese radish—to ward off evil spirits and pray for good health. The young spring herbs are said to be good for the stomach and intestines […]
This year's winter solstice will occur on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at 6:21 PM (according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)! This year's winter solstice is said to be a special day, one that will be extremely auspicious for decades, when energy reaches its peak! This day […]
Monday, December 16, 2024. Only 15 days left this year. The town is transformed into a world of silvery white, and small white flowers are softly falling from the sky. Christmas cherries with sunflower seeds and Kurosengoku flakes […]
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 After the first snowfall on November 7th, the days were filled with sparkling sunshine. Snack time in the house with the stove blazing! Taiwanese Castella cake made with rice flour and corn flour. The dessert for the day was "Rice Flour & […]
Friday, November 1, 2024 - Thursday, October 31 - In celebration of Halloween, we'll be making "Pumpkin Pudding" using pumpkins from Hokuryu Town! Pumpkin Pudding is made by steaming and mashing a pumpkin, adding eggs and sugar beets, and then mashing it.
Thursday, October 31, 2024. Enjoy a variety of delicious dishes made with ingredients from Hokuryu Town, while savoring the seasons throughout the year. Savor the Seasons in Hokuryu Town January: Pray for good health with "Seven Herb Rice Porridge"! New Year's rice cakes are used to make "Kurosengoku" […]
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, I received dried and ground corn from Hokuryu Town (grown by Mr. Koki Takada) and immediately tried making cakes and cookies! (The dried corn was provided by the Kurosengoku Business Association […]
Thursday, October 17, 2024 Following the recent grapes from the Fujisaki family's home, we received grapes from the Nakajima family's natural garden! It was a double surprise, and a double thrill! We are so grateful for the delicious autumn flavors!!! The grapes were from the homegrown […]
On Thursday, October 17, 2024, we received grapes lovingly grown in the garden (family fruit trees) of Masao Fujisaki, a resident of Hokuryu Town. We were impressed by the sweet and sour, simple flavor! Thank you so much!!! The grapes were lovingly grown in the family garden […]
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 As autumn deepens, we thoroughly enjoy the red-fleshed melons from Yasunori Watanabe Farm in Hokuryu Town! We are truly grateful for the delicious, exquisite melons! Yasunori Watanabe's red-fleshed melons boast a rich aroma and elegant sweetness. […]
Friday, September 27, 2024: This year's new rice season has finally arrived in Hokuryu Town!!! Freshly harvested, plump, shiny, and exquisite new rice! Accompanied by seasonal grilled salted saury, we were truly grateful for this year's most delicious new rice. [...]
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Monday, September 9th is the autumn festival of Shinryu Shrine in Hokuryu Town. Every year around this time, our neighbors, the Kitajima couple, handcraft their sasazushi (bamboo sushi)! We are so grateful to be able to offer their heartfelt sasazushi. […]
Friday, September 6, 2024: Enjoy autumn with salad rice noodles (brown rice noodles and rice flour noodles with gagome kelp) made with plenty of vegetables from Hokuryu Town. Rice flour noodles "My Noodle" Ryusei Farm Co., Ltd. (CEO: Akihiro Adachi) in Hokuryu Town […]
August 13, 2024 (Tuesday) New release: "Hokuryu Town Sunflower Oil and Hamatonbetsu Town Dried Scallop Creamy Dressing." The release date is Thursday, August 8th, priced at 765 yen, and it will be sold at the Sunflower Park Hokuryu Roadside Station Shop! [...]
Friday, July 12, 2024 Sunflower Watermelon has an incredibly thin skin, allowing you to enjoy every last bit of fruit! Refreshing Sunflower Watermelon. Like lemon squash, it has a refreshingly sweet taste that is endlessly refreshing!!! […]
July 9, 2024 (Tuesday) The perfectly ripe "Sunflower Melon" offers a superb taste, combining melting sweetness, mellow fragrance, and a refreshing, cool harmoniousness. Chill for 2-3 hours, then cut in half and sauté the fruit.