Hirosaki City Central Community Center ( Shimoshiroganecho , Hirosaki City, TEL 0172-33-6561 ) is currently holding the "# Iwakiyama General Election" to decide the best shape of Tsugaru Fuji and Mt. Iwaki.

Mt. Iwaki is 1625 meters above sea level and is the highest independent peak in Aomori prefecture. Since the summit is divided into three peaks, it has various shapes depending on where you look. Hirosaki Shibata of the Hirosaki Central Public Hall, who planned the event, said, "People in Tsugaru have decided on their favorite Mt. Iwaki and often boast about it, and they themselves show it off at the sake table." "I think there was no attempt in the past to decide the ranking by voting."

Voting was done with the Twitter account opened in May this year. "The public hall business was almost canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus. I wanted people to feel closer to the role of the public hall as a place for lifelong learning," says Shibata. He has no experience with SNS and started studying with specialized books.

Mr. Shibata has a fixed time so that he can see it before going to work, during the daytime, and while returning home, and he does not miss updates three times or more every day. The "Quiz Where?" To guess the location of the city and the "Hirosaki Photo Heritage" project to introduce old photographs were started with the meaning of fostering local love and lifelong learning.

Mr. Shibata said, "While the public hall business is starting to resume little by little, we are devoting ourselves to tweets that people can enjoy and see the business through Twitter. We started thinking about new projects and focused on Mt. Iwaki." speak.

There are 12 Mt. Iwaki to choose from. I went around in one day in mid-August and took a picture. We were planning to start accepting votes from September 4th and count the number of tweets and retweets of "# Iwakiyama General Election", but when we consulted with a colleague about how to count efficiently, we decided to use the online service. He said he had the voting page created. "I was grateful," he smiled.

Currently, Mt. Iwaki seen from Josai Ohashi is number one, and Mukaitonose is number two. "I think the proximity to Hirosaki Park has an advantage," says Shibata. By creating a voting form, we expected further melee, and we had set the voting deadline until September 18, but decided to postpone it until the end of this month.

Mr. Shibata said, "The reason I chose the place was not the shape of Mt. Iwaki, but the feelings and feelings for the land, which made me excited. The result depends on the number of votes, but the city It doesn't matter whether you are inside or outside the prefecture, so please send us your love for Mt. Iwaki. "

Voting grounds are also set up in the central public hall. Voting will be accepted until September 30th.