The giant clay figurine monument at Kizukuri Station on the JR Gono Line (Tsugaru City, Aomori Prefecture) is currently a hot topic on the Internet.

In Tsugaru City, there is the Kamegaoka site where the nationally designated important cultural property "Shade Dogu" was excavated, and "Shako Dogu" is nicknamed "Shako-chan" and is familiar to the citizens. At the wooden station, there is a 17.3 meter high reinforced concrete monument with the motif of "shading device earthen figure", and it is often talked about because its eyes emit light.

When Twitter account "Noro Σhiko @ wireless7240" posted a photo of Kizukuri Station on September 22, more than 16,000 retweets and 45,000 likes were received (as of September 23). The word "Kizukuri Station" has also entered the trend of Twitter.

A person in charge of the Tsugaru City General Affairs Division, who manages the monument, said, "It's been almost 30 years since the construction, but when the monument's eyes were changed to seven colors in April this year, it has regained attention." "Since there are colors that are difficult to distinguish, we have set it to 7 colors, but in reality it is 10 colors, and on July 22, the mayor's idea was to make both eyes emit different colors."

The person in charge said, "There are many things in the city that have motifs of shading clay figurines such as bulletin boards and manholes as well as stations. It would be great if you could take measures against corona and visit the city for a walk." Show a smile.