On January 1st, the "2019 Opening Festa" was held at Hirosaki's department store "Nakasan Hirosaki store" (Hirosaki city bank).

This event is held every year as a New Year event. The highlight of this year was the YouTuber SUSURU, who was born in Hirosaki and introduced ramen from all over the country, and held a ramen talk.

SUSURU operates the YouTube channel "SUSURU TV." which is a catch phrase for "Mainichi Ramen Healthy Life". The style of eating ramen every day and introducing it in video has gained popularity, and there are currently more than 540,000 subscribers. This is the first event in Hirosaki.

About 150 people gathered at the venue, and there were also visitors from Sapporo and Osaka. At Ramen Tok, we went on to talk about local issues such as the school we were from and the Ramen restaurant in Hirosaki, and made a public recording while eating ramen. At the question corner, SUSURU was asked by the children at the venue, "What kind of ramen do you hate?"

In the latter half of the event, he was appointed as an ambassador for the "miso-miso" ramen sold at the food court on the basement floor of the department store, and he also received an annual passport to eat "miso-miso" throughout the year. The annual passport is currently on sale by lottery and the price is 39,000 yen. Applications will be accepted until January 3, and a purchase application box will be set up at the department store.

At the end, SUSURU concludes, "I was able to feel the warmth of the local area," and held an unscheduled autograph session after the event. We also provided a fan service unique to the local area, taking photos and shaking hands.