The "19th Universal Hora Blowing Tournament" was held on June 7th at the community exchange center "Owanicom" in Owani-cho, Aomori Prefecture (Owani-cho, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture). Ayumi Mitsuya (44), who made her first appearance in Aomori City, became the “Horabuki Sennin” (winner).

The competition has been held in the town every year since 1996. The "OI (Owani Identity) Planning Promotion Committee," which was formed by volunteers, planned by quoting the legends that have remained in the region for a long time.

At the summit of the domestic protected forest in the Hayaseno district of the same town, there is a huge stone (24 meters in height, 74 meters in circumference) called the "stone tower". It's a big talk (I can't say big things without looking at the stone tower). " Based on this, together with the pilgrimage to the stone tower, the purpose of the tournament is for participants to play a big mullet within 5 minutes and listen to it.

Pilgrimages and legends to the stone towers are also seen in Odate City (former Tashiro Town), Akita Prefecture, across the prefectural borders, and nowadays, mutual towns are interacting with each other at a hora blow competition. This time too, more than 50 participants from the city visited the town. In addition, more than 100 people from Aomori City and Kuroishi City will participate. Ten of them went on the stage of horror blowing, and each showed various holas related to Owani Town.

Mr. Mitsuya who dressed up as a TV caster and read the news he created, titled "Owani News." It's been 4 years since I moved to Aomori from Hokkaido. In order to know more about Aomori, he began to actively participate in local events and won the Hora blow competition held in Oirase Town in January of this year. “My husband recommended that I not only win in the south but also in Tsugaru, I participated,” said Mitsuya. I prepared carefully so that I could attend an announcement class from April so that I could speak in public without being nervous. "Still, I was in a hurry in the production. I want to do my best so that I can speak better," he said with enthusiasm.