In addition to a bookstore and café space, it also houses miscellaneous goods and a craft beer brewery. Trinome Shoten, a complex facility with these various functions, will open in Urahoro Town, Tokachi, Hokkaido, on Saturday, October 28, 2023.

Hiroo Town in Hokkaido offers a program called "Furusato Working Holiday," in which participants can stay in the town while experiencing the local primary industry. I, a sophomore student at Tokyo University of Agriculture, spent 11 days as an intern at "Kikuchi Farm" in Hiroo Town.

Kushiro Marshland National Park is the largest marshland in Japan. Heart Ranch, a ranch where people and horses can interact and bond with each other in the magnificent nature of East Hokkaido, pre-opened in October 2023. In this issue, we would like to introduce the thoughts of Rika Tatsukawa, who started this ranch with a dream.