On Hirosaki, the Owani Line Photo Department on the Facebook page "Owani Line Navi" finished posting a year's activities, which was the goal of the activity, on March 4.

In order to disseminate the charm of the Owani Line operated by Konan Railway (Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture), he continued to post photos on the Facebook page "Owani Line Navi" from March 5th last year under the condition of one piece per day. Activity. Shinichiro Kiyoto and Yurika Watanabe, who are currently in the third year of the Faculty of Education, Hirosaki University, were in charge.

Mr. Kiyoto recalled, "It was the opportunity to cooperate with the activities of the citizen group "Inu Gator" that supports the Owani line." According to Watanabe, when he showed 6 photos of the Owani line to Mr. Kiyoto, it was the beginning that he was lightly proposed that "It is a waste to post at once, so I should post it every day." “I managed to finish it for one year. I feel a little lonely now,” says Watanabe.

The shooting was done by watching the intervals between classes and actually using the Owani line. Mr. Watanabe says that he can take about 3 photos at a time, but he said, "When I couldn't take good photos, I sometimes gave up."

There was a unique standard of "coherency" between the two. Mr. Watanabe said, "It's a fashionable photo that gives a retro feeling of Owani line. It is a rule not to post photos that are not highly cordial."

I couldn't post for only one day in a year. The next day, he released a photo that he could not post, but a concerned person of "Inu Gator" sent the photo. "I feel that I was able to interact widely with Hirosaki's working people through my activities, and that I learned about the experiences and social systems that cannot be obtained at university alone," Watanabe said.

Kiyoto says, "I'm glad I kept doing it because there were comments from people who left Hirosaki, "I used to play there" and "I still have that store." Mr. Watanabe says, "I'm happy that the number of Owani Line users has increased slightly over the past year."

The photos posted will be displayed at the new "Gallery Mannaka" in the central Hirosaki station building proposed by the two. Mr. Kiyoto says, "I suggested to Konan Railway that I would like to use a vacant space at Millennium Station to display a small photograph, but I was refused, but as an alternative, I got permission to use Chuo Hirosaki Station," I can not hide my surprise.

The exhibition is scheduled for April 7, and the empty space of the ramen shop in the station building will be renovated from the end of this month. In addition to 365 pieces, more than 400 pieces will be displayed, including photographs that have been scrapped.