On January 20 of Daikan, one of the twenty-four seasons, the cumulative amount of snowfall in Hirosaki City was half that of a normal year.

Daikan is said to be the coldest year of the year. According to the cumulative snowfall announced by the Japan Meteorological Agency, Hirosaki had a normal value of 313 cm and 161 cm this year, 51% of the normal value, Goshogawara = 33%, Fukaura = 22%, which is less than half the cumulative snowfall in the entire Tsugaru region. Has become.

In Hirosaki city, there were people who rained in the morning on the same day and people who traveled by bicycle because there was rarely snow on the road at this time. A man in his thirties who is involved in the snow removal industry during the off-season says, "There are less than half of the number of people dispatched this year compared to the average year. People who are dispatched from the city because of snow removal from the mountains, but now they are living like a neat life."

Junichi Nagao, a local community FM station "Apple Wave" meteorological forecaster, said, "The current snowfall is 13 cm on the same day in 2007 (Heisei 19), less than the current 16 cm. It is the first time in 13 years. ``There is little snow, but there is no prospect of heavy snow until mid-February, and it is forecasted to be warm during the daytime, suggesting a warm winter."

A woman in her 50s in the restaurant business said, “It's easy without shoveling snow, but it doesn't increase the number of customers during this period. I'm worried that we can hold winter events before attracting customers.”