Four new Tsugaru dialect traffic safety slogan signboards, which have become a hot topic on the Internet as "difficult for foreigners to understand," were installed on May 26 at Hirosaki City Joto Elementary School (Okubo Nishida, Hirosaki City).

The traffic safety slogan signboard written in Tsugaru dialect was installed by Aomori Prefectural Traffic Safety Association/Watoku Branch Road Safety Association about 10 years ago. His representative work "Unu-nu-do Ken-dawada Higarero" was introduced in the media as "difficult for foreigners," and became a hot topic.

Toshiaki Harada of the branch said, “Currently, 52 signboards are installed in the school district, and about 20 slogans use the Tsugaru dialect. Every year, in the homework that the sixth grader thinks, 4 works are selected from the collected slogans. , It's made as a signboard."

The four new slogans newly added this time are as follows. "Koinba don't use it to go to pull (if you're tired, sleep a little and then drive the car)", "Don't crawl in the end (don't hang out late at night)", "Stop the car navigation system and stop the car (Please operate the car navigation system after you stop the car for a while)", "Red traffic light, red traffic light, Ignore traffic light (red traffic light, what! What? Ignore traffic light) ".

Signboards were placed next to the school gate on the same day. Mr. Harada said, “Since children are no longer using the Tsugaru dialect, the standard language has been increasing. Since last year, it was mandatory to include the Tsugaru dialect. It's an opportunity to think," he smiles.