A book titled "How to find the best Hirosaki" was published on April 1st, which summarizes essays by teachers at Hirosaki Gakuin University (Minori-cho, Hirosaki City).

The same book that contains 10 years worth of essays contributed to "Sunday Zoukei" serialized in Mutsu Shinpo. It is said that Miwa Ikushima, an associate professor at the same university, called on the contributors to write a book before completing their contribution.

Kazuhiro Sato, a professor of the Faculty of Literature, Masayuki Fujioka, an associate professor of the Faculty of Social Welfare, and Ryo Hongo, a lecturer of the Faculty of Social Welfare and now a professor of Kwansei Gakuin University, agreed. Of the 83 essays written by four people, 4 newly added essays were added.

All four are from outside the prefecture. Initially, the title of the book was "Sunday morning quartet", where four people were compared to musical instruments, but it was emphasized that "another person (other person) was writing his time and thought while he was sitting in Hirosaki." , The title was changed. An index will be attached at the end of the book, so that words, person names, and place names related to Tsugaru and Aomori can be searched.

Mr. Ikushima recalls, "I had a hard time choosing the material each time." "What was common in the Tsugaru region was that many people from other prefectures reflected it in a fresh way," he said. Mr. Sato said, "I introduced the words and sentences that impressed me from the books I read so that I could link them to my daily life." Mr. Fujioka reveals, "I introduced the current affairs and Hirosaki by interlocking them."

“I want people who were born and raised in Hirosaki or who live in Hirosaki for a long time to read it,” says Ikushima. Ms. Sato, who was particular about the double-page spread essay, was in charge of the book binding, and said she was confident that “I asked Mr. Akira Kumagai, a woodblock print artist from Hirosaki City, to finish the book.

The price is 1,200 yen. A5 size, 190 pages. It is sold at major bookstores in the prefecture as well as online.