It was announced that "Sakura Miku" will collaborate with "Hirosaki Neputa Festival" on July 5th.

The Hirosaki Neputa Festival is a summer festival held from August 1st to 7th every year. With more than 80 groups participating, each group walks around the city, drawing a fan-shaped float called "Ougi Neputa" and a three-dimensionally assembled doll-shaped "Kumi Neputa."

Sakura Miku is a character derived from the female virtual idol "Hatsune Miku" that corresponds to the voice synthesis system "VOCALOID", and has been appointed as the official support character of "Hirosaki Sakura Festival" until 2020. At this year's Sakura Festival, we exhibited flags and sold collaboration goods in the city.

Four types of illustrations were announced. The main visual is in charge of illustrator iXima, like Sakura Festival. A cherry blossom Miku in a pink yukata is drawn against the backdrop of a fan Neputa. The illustration by illustrator Kiyamachi is Sakura Miku with a goldfish Neputa in hand, and Ms. Hanajo Hanajo who has 6 deformed poses. An illustration with the official character of Hirosaki city, Takamaru-kun, was also announced, and nekosumi was in charge as well as the Sakura Festival.

There are 10 collaborations. In addition to posting B2 size posters using the main visual in shopping streets, etc., strip type posters will also be posted. The Machinaka Information Center (Dote Town, Hirosaki City) will set up a museum booth to show illustrations until the 2020 Sakura Festival ends.

From July 27, we will hold a stamp rally to present Sakura Miku Neputa version postcards. Hokusei Kotsu (Momori Shinmachi) runs only one Sakura Miku taxi, and Konan Railway (Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture) deploys wrapping vehicles on the Owani Line. Sakura Miku taxi and wrapping vehicles will continue until the end of the 2020 Sakura Festival.

For the groups participating in the operation of the Hirosaki Neputa Festival, we hold a Torou contest. The front lantern is a front Neputa that runs in front of the main Neputa, which was sometimes performed in 2016 with the theme of the cartoon "Flying Witch".

On August 1st, Neputa Festival collaboration "Sakura Miku" goods will be sold at city sightseeing facilities, and it will be exhibited at "Magical Mirai 2019" Tokyo venue from August 30th to September 1st. It was