The final examination of the "34th Hirosaki Castle Miss Sakura Contest" was held on March 24 at the Hirosaki Cultural Center (Shimohiragincho, Hirosaki City).

Focusing on large-scale events such as the "Hirosaki Sakura Festival" and "Hirosaki Neputa Festival", this contest selects women who carry out public relations activities in Hirosaki City within and outside the prefecture for one year. A total of 3 Miss Sakura Grand Prix and 2 Miss Sakura will be decided.

17 people who passed the first screening participated on this day. At the venue, each participant will be given a 1-minute PR time and a 3-minute time to answer questions from the judges, perform proud songs, publicize in English and sign language, and perform radio exercises on stage. I was there.

As a result of the examination, Mr. Sakura Kimura was selected as the Miss Sakura Grand Prix. Kimura is a 24-year-old freelance stage actress living in Fujisaki. In the self-promotion, she reveals the relationship between herself and the cherry blossoms, and at the award ceremony, there are also tears. "This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Hirosaki Sakura Festival, and I am honored to have won the Grand Prix in such a year," he says with a smile.

Miss Sakura Sakura Rinna and Suzuna Koyamauchi. Two of them are students who go to a university in the city, and Mr. Tsunoda said that he had experience of studying abroad as volunteer interpreter and playing Tsugaru shamisen. Koyamauchi applied for a one-time life to heal a shy personality. "I want to take advantage of the opportunity and work hard for Hirosaki," showing his motivation.

Miss Sakura's costume will be renewed from this year, and it will be a costume designed by designer AKI (Sadamasa Hasegawa) of the underwear brand “Guts Dynamite Cabaret” (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo). The costumes will be unveiled for the first time at the opening ceremony of the Hirosaki Sakura Festival on April 21st.