"Tsugaru Haunted Coffee" sold by Hirosaki's B-type business office "Tsugaru Net" (Joto, Hirosaki City) is currently attracting attention due to the new coronavirus.

The reason why they are drawing attention is that the monster "Ambie" is drawn. Amabier is a half-man, half-fish that was said to have appeared in the Edo period, and there is a legend that "if a plague is epidemic, you can prevent it with a picture of yourself."

Posting on the internet with a picture of Amavier, the movement to pray for the end of the new coronavirus has been occurring since the end of February. In Aomori, the Twitter account “Jibami in charge of local selection in Aomori Prefecture” introduced on March 3rd that Amabier was drawn in the drip-pack coffee “Tsugaru Haunted Coffee” that depicts the scenery and youkai of Hirosaki.

"Tsugaru Haunted Coffee" is a drip pack coffee printed with an illustration drawn by Mr. Yoshimaru Sasaki, an illustrator who was a user of Tsugaru Net. Various attractions and youkai of Hirosaki are drawn, and there are about 40 kinds of illustrations, so it is said that there are many purchasers who are lost at the store.

“Amabier was drawn in Hirosaki Park last summer. There was an image of a fortune teller operating at the Sakura Festival and Amabier had the image of opening a “chakkari” store,” Sasaki said. "I'm surprised that this kind of attention is gaining attention," he said.

Mr. Sasaki was planning to hold a solo exhibition on March 7th and 8th, but announced that it will be canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus. "I plan to hold the solo exhibition when it has settled down. Currently, even in Hirosaki, there are few people walking around the city, and I hope that the new coronavirus will end even with the help of Amabier."

The price is 140 yen. The places of sale are Aomori Prefecture Tourist Product Center Aspam (Aomori City Akata), Yuya Fukuroku (Hirosaki City Oshimizu), Toki no Oto (Kitayoko Town), zakka Lighthouse (Matsumori Town), Tsugaru SA (Hirakawa City Okikan), etc. ..