Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun's 2018 PV (page view) ranking first place was an article that reported "two white crows" witnessed in the Ikarigaseki area.

The ranking is a total of PV from 213 headline news items distributed from January 1st to December 13th this year. The top 10 rankings are as follows (postings in parentheses).

1. Eyewitness information on white crows in Aomori and Ikariseki, a hot topic among local residents (6/19)

2. Lawson new store in Hirosaki/Katada The first covered parking store in Japan, talked about as “luxury” (5/2)

3. Hirosaki's cherry blossoms on the Internet "The world is Hirosaki's cherry blossoms." (4/26)

4. The temperature in Aomori and Hirosaki did not rise and "I feel very sorry" Voice on the Internet (7/23)

5. "Blue Impulse" exhibition flight at the Hirosaki Sakura Festival Along with the opening of the 100th anniversary of the cherry blossom viewing party (4/3)

6. Hirosaki Castle Miss Sakura Contest Grand Prix is a 24-year-old stage actress (3/24)

7. Food court at Aomori/Goshogawara “ELM” The first store in the prefecture and the second store in 5 years (7/19)

8. Illumination of autumn leaves in Hirosaki Park, a topic on the Internet This year "emo" (11/6)

9. A restaurant specializing in lean meat "Nikugatou" in Hirosaki Local brothers raised funds through crowdfunding (7/6)

10. Tsugaru dialect's "difficult" traffic safety signboard renewed 4 new works unveiled (5/14)

The 1st place is an article that tells about two white crows witnessed around the roadside station "Ikarigaseki" (Igarigaseki Ikariishi, Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture), it is unlikely that two white crows will be born at the same time, it is nationwide Collected the topic. Currently, only one bird has been witnessed, and there are rumors of local residents that "one more bird sometimes returns."

The second place was an article introducing the "Lawson Hirosaki Katata 2-chome Store" (Katata, Hirosaki City) that opened on April 30. It features a "covered parking lot", and it is said that the building can be safely visited without getting wet even on rainy or snowy days. On the internet, there were reactions such as "luxury gorgeous" and "I saw it three times without thinking" due to its characteristic appearance.

The third place is an article that introduces a tweet that became a hot topic on the Hirosaki Sakura Festival's net, "Kenta" who visited Hirosaki Park from Yokote City in Akita Prefecture said, "The world is the cherry blossom of Hirosaki." 4 When I introduced it with photos, there were more than 14,000 retweets and the topic was collected.

While hot days continued throughout the country, an article telling that it was a day that was easy to spend around Hirosaki without the temperature rising, and "Blue Impulse" and "Emoi" autumn leaves illuminated during the exhibition flight at the Hirosaki Sakura Festival. Also, articles such as Tsugaru dialect's “too difficult” traffic safety sign renewal were ranked.

Below 10th place, in addition to illuminating the "Big Yellow" ginkgo tree in Fukaura Town (13th place), a chocolate specialty store "Romansu Chocolate" (11th place) opened near Hirosaki Park, Hirosaki station square There was an article introducing new stores such as the fish bar "Sanchan" (16th place) and the coffee shop "PINO Coffee Roaster" (20th place) in Inakadate Village.

The Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun wants to deliver not only Hirosaki economic news but also business and culture information centered around the street news in 2019.