The "Photo exhibition to remember Wasao" held in Ajigasawa, Aomori was closed on August 30th.

Wasao is a long-haired Akita dog that died on June 8th this year. The place where he was a lost dog in 2007 (Heisei 19) was baked, and the late owner, Setsuko Kikutani, was the owner of the squid specialty store "Nanari Nagahama Kikuya Shoten" Protected by. His appearance became a hot topic, and he appeared in a variety of movies and TV programs, and he was a special ambassador to Ajigasawa Town, a stationmaster of JR Ajigasawa Station, a special ambassador to the UNESCO Association World Heritage Activities "dog" ) Has a title such as.

The photo exhibition started on August 5th at the public facility "Nikkai Foundation Ajigasawa" (Ajigasawa Town), and among the 120,000 to 130,000 photographs taken by Ken Kudo of the Thank You Wasa Executive Committee for 13 years. 40 pieces are selected for display. Some of the photos include the last appearance of Wasao standing on his own foot on March 31, and the precious ones when Mr. Kudo first met Wasao.

The "Wasao Shinobu Party" was held on the 9th of this month mainly for local people, and a flower offering corner was set up for general visitors until the 16th. By the closing day, August 30, there were about 3000 visitors. Mr. Kudo said, "There were many visitors on weekdays."

Mr. Kudo said that there was a break in this photo exhibition. On September 8th, he said he will have an opportunity to announce future awards. “I was thinking and setting together with Mr. Kikutani the three principles of activities such as locality, my pace and each other's activities for Wasao. I would like to continue to follow these three principles in the future.” show. "Because there are people who could not come because of the new coronavirus, it would be nice if I could publish a photo book, etc."