Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun's 2017 PV (page view) ranking was number one in an article about the "calligraphy exhibition," which attracted the attention of being "too free."

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

1. Hirosaki's "Too Free" calligraphy exhibition "Fist of the North Star" "Unfortunate body creatures" (3/12)

2. Aomori/Iwakiyama mountain trails and many curves are the topic of discussion on the net. A total of 9.8 km and 69 curves (6/7)

3. Tsugoru/Kase Station “Canvas Train”, Shingo Katori and others repainted after 20 years (6/9)

4. Hirosaki's char siu noodles become a hot topic The service started by regular students triggered (4/17)

5. Hirosaki stage illustration "Childhood friend" series, talked about on SNS Cumulatively more than 110,000 retweets (9/8)

6. 100 people in line at the opening day of “Nogami”, a bread specialty store in Hirosaki (11/1)

7. Hard type to the local bread "British toast" in Aomori.

8. Miss Contest at Hirosaki University 3 people who are enrolled in the Health Department enter (10/27)

9. Hirosaki's maple syrup specialty store is a hot topic on the net, "Why", the owner of the shop (10/4)

10. Aomori's Only Female Baseball Club Challenges "Last Summer" (5/26)

The 1st place "Too Free" calligraphy exhibition is held every March in the Ito-Yokado Hirosaki store (Hirosaki City Ekimae) underground passage York Gallery, and this year's comic "Hokuto no Ken"'s special move and "regretful creatures of the body" The works of 21 children on the theme of "dinosaurs" and "national castles" were exhibited. The article was very well received, and Mr. Sakurafuze Miura of the "Japanese Education Calligraphy Association" Sakurafu Calligraphy Class (Fujisaki Town), which was also sponsored by the manga artist Tetsuo Hara, was also introduced on the official blog.

The second place was an article telling that the "Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline" toll road, which climbs up to the 8th station of Mt. Iwaki, has become a hot topic on the Internet. Tweets that introduce "abnormal" in the map image of the highway with 69 curves in a total length of 9.8 km spread. In October of this year, the World Championships Downhill Race for long skateboarding was held, which was an opportunity to read the article again.

The third place was an article repainted on the "Canvas Train" by Shingo Katori, a former SMAP at Kase Station on the Tsugaru Railway (Kanagi, Goshogawara City). Katori-san, who reunited with the local elementary school students who drew together 20 years ago, was introduced on a TV program, and was shown a great response. Fans from all over the country are still visiting to see the car.

The 11th to 20th places are lined with articles introducing new stores made in Hirosaki, and the 11th place is the first ramen store “Hakkoda Shokudo” (Okeyacho, Hirosaki City) that Hayato Ishiyama, a well-known ramen researcher, deals with. The 14th place included "Lotteria Hirosaki Ito-Yokado store" (Hirosaki-shi station square), which will be the first store in 32 years, and the "Starbucks Hirosaki Sakurano store" (Takasaki Hirosaki city), etc., in the 15th place.

The Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun will continue to deliver business and culture news centering around the city of Hirosaki in 2018.