Local residents host 30th annual sunflower festival in Fukuoka

The Sakiyama Himawari-kai, a local community group, will host the Sakiyama Himawari Festival on November 7 and 8 in the Sakiyama district of Miyako Town, Fukuoka Prefecture.

The festival celebrates the 30th anniversary of the event, which began in 1997. Residents grow approximately 60,000 sunflowers on a field of about one hectare to create a yellow autumn landscape.

The group plans to serve food such as yakisoba and wild boar soup, and they will sell local agricultural products during the two day event. A gift of cut sunflowers is also scheduled for distribution on the afternoon of November 8. A free shuttle bus will transport visitors between the local train station and the festival site near the Sakiyama Agricultural Training Center.