• February 21, 2025

470 junior and senior high school students participated in agricultural experience program in 2012, reports Nosonjuku, Fukagawa [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

On Friday, February 21, 2025, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo) published an article titled "470 Middle and High School Students Participated in Agricultural Experience in 2024, Report from Rural School in Fukagawa" on its website, Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, which is operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo). The article was published on February 20.

  • February 21, 2025

Former volunteers bring a breath of fresh air to the town with their Western-style restaurant. * Love the people of Hokuryu. Get to know everyone better here. * Nishijima-san and Nakano-san * Serves home-style food. [Tripeat Hokkaido]

On Friday, February 21, 2025, an article titled "Former JOCV: Bringing a breath of fresh air to the town with a Western-style restaurant * I love the people of Hokuryu. Let's share it with everyone here" was published on Tripeat Hokkaido, an online food and tourism website operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo).

  • February 19, 2025

The "Kinako-bushi Furikake" (dried soybean flour seasoning), jointly developed with Sapporo's "Togashi Masao Shoten," is a hit. The Hokuryu "Kurosengoku Business Cooperative" calls the combination of three types of bonito flakes and Kurosengoku soybeans a "miraculous collaboration" [Kita Sorachi Shimbun]

On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, the Kita Sorachi Shimbun, an internet site operated by the Kita Sorachi Shimbun Company (Fukagawa City), reported that "Kinako-bushi Furikake, jointly developed with Sapporo's Togashi Masao Shoten, is a popular product. Hokuryu's Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association is promoting three types of bonito flakes [...]"