Tuesday, October 17, 2023: The lovely wild sunflowers are now blooming one after another at Sunflower Village. This year, the sunflowers bloomed early, and the seeds fell earlier than usual. Since then, there has been a lot of rain and the weather has been relatively […]
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association 🌻 (@sunflower_hokuryu)
On Monday, October 2, 2023, and Saturday, September 30, 2023, the 2023 Hokuryu Sunflower Rice New Rice Thanksgiving Festival was held at the Hokuryu Town Agricultural and Livestock Direct Sales Store, Minoritch Hokuryu. This year, due to the high temperatures and drought caused by the summer heat, […]
Monday, October 2, 2023
On Monday, September 25, 2023, in the video "Sorachi De View Fair 2023 @ Online 'SORACHI LOVE'" on the YouTube channel [Hokkaido Sorachi Regional Revitalization Council] operated by the Hokkaido Sorachi Regional Revitalization Council, [...]
On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, the Hokkaido Broadcasting Corporation (HBC, Sapporo) published an article titled "A Spectacular Drone Journey: Surrounded by 1.3 Million Flowers Symbolizing Peace..." on its website, Sitakke.
On Thursday, September 14, 2023, the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, an internet website operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City), published an article titled "Hokuryu Town 'Back to the drawing board' for new observation deck construction as rising material costs lead to search for a simpler, cheaper option" (dated September 14).
On Thursday, September 14, 2023, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (HTB, Sapporo) announced on its website, Hokkaido Television: HTB online, that the plan for a new observation deck designed by Kengo Kuma at Himawari no Sato was temporarily suspended.
On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, TVer, a free ad-supported video streaming service operated by TVer Inc. (Tokyo), launched a new program called "Walking Hokkaido ~Thank you for this trip~ 2 million sunflower fields! A relaxing walk with spectacular views ( [...]
On Monday, September 11, 2023, the Sports Hochi website operated by the Hochi Shimbun published an article titled, “Former AKB member Mariya Suzuki’s heartwarming life in Hokkaido: The special flower, the sunflower (Hokuryu Town), is my best memory of this summer.” (September 1 […]
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association 🌻 (@sunflower_hokuryu)
On Monday, September 4, 2023, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corporation (HBC) (Sapporo City) will broadcast a variety show called "Strolling Hokkaido ~Thank you for this trip~" on Wednesday, September 6th from 7:00 PM, featuring a visit to Hokuryu Town. Tomochika and Mizumori Kao […]
Friday, September 1, 2023
Thursday, August 31, 2023 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Honoka Agricultural Cooperative Association (@honoka.hokuryu)
Thursday, August 31, 2023. This year, at the 37th Hokuryu Town Sunflower Festival, we held our first ever "Solving Mysteries: Asking Sunflowers Stories" blog, which we'd like to share with you. If you're a writer, please submit your entry for "Solving Mysteries: Asking Sunflowers [...]"
On Monday, August 28, 2023, the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, an internet site operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City), published an article (dated August 26th) about Miharu Yamagami (23), the representative of the winning team at the Hokuryu Bon Odori Festival.
On Friday, August 25, 2023, the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, an internet site operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City), published an article titled "30 Years of Hokuryu Taiko: 14 Hokkaido Groups Hold Commemorative Concert, Echoing into the Blue Sky" (dated August 23). [...]
On Thursday, August 24, 2023, the NHK internet site [Hokkaido NEWS WEB] published an article titled "A 360° Tour of Hokkaido: Spectacular Sunflower Scenery" (dated August 22nd), so we would like to introduce it to you.
On Thursday, August 24, 2023, an article was published on BuzzFeed, an internet site operated by BuzzFeed Japan Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), entitled "This is amazing...! A popular model from her hometown of Hokkaido..."
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 The 37th Sunflower Festival ended on Sunday, August 20. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who came to the festival. Thank you very much!!! The next day, Monday, August 21, the town of Hokuryu […]