The first place in the Aomori Keizai Shimbun's annual PV (page view) ranking for 2023 was the news about the opening of the crepe shop "Plume", as it was in the first half of the year.

The ranking is a compilation of the PVs of "Headline News" distributed from January 1st to December 14th of this year. The top 10 rankings are as follows (posting date in parentheses).

1. Crepe shop “Plume” in Aomori, a place to rest your mind and body (1/19)

2. “Palette Shop”, a food waste store in Aomori, sells non-standard products and products with expiration dates near (4/8)

3. Chinese restaurant “Kairyu” opened in Aomori by a couple who moved from Sendai (6/6)

4. “Imo Festival” in Aomori 30 shops including sweets and miscellaneous goods stores from inside and outside the prefecture (10/24)

5. “Fleur Cafe”, which mainly serves sweets, is located in front of Aomori Station. Fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming independent (3/31)

6. Kitchen car festival in Aomori 43 cars from inside and outside the prefecture (8/22)

7. Stick bread specialty store “Bopanya~” in Asamushi, Aomori A regular store opened by stick bread lovers (5/31)

8. Fans from outside the prefecture talk about the hot spring situation in Aomori Hot spring facilities that have closed down or closed one after another (5/22)

9. “Aomori Coffee Festival” will be held with 90 stores opening and Fast Pass introduced (10/11)

10. “Hideaki Anno Exhibition” at Aomori Museum of Art, with over 60 Aomori limited goods on sale (4/22)

Plume, the crepe shop that won first place, opened in January of this year. The crepes are popular among people of all ages, with ``salty'' options using pizza sauce and cheese.

Articles about new store openings ranked high, such as ``Palette Shop'' in 2nd place, ``Kairyu'' in 3rd place, and ``Fleur Cafe'' in 5th place, as well as ``Imo Festival'' in 4th place and ``Kitchen Car Festival'' in 6th place. ”, 7th place “stick bread”. Articles about events such as 9th place ``Aomori Coffee Festival'', which were even more popular than last year, also attracted attention.

In the 8th place article about ``Aomori's hot springs situation'', the photo of the closed ``Sannai Onsen Sannai Health Center'' introduced in Photoflash attracted a large number of views, indicating a high level of interest. Aomori Prefecture ranks 6th in the country for the number of hot springs. We would like to continue to actively disseminate news that conveys the charm of Aomori's hot springs.

Aomori Keizai Shimbun celebrated its first anniversary in August of this year. I would like to continue to deliver lots of happy news as the "town recordkeeper."