Currently, in Nishimeya Village, Aomori Prefecture, limited distribution of goods with illustrations drawn by "RINGOMUSUME" is being distributed.

"Ringo Musume" is a dance and vocal unit that is active in Aomori centering on Hirosaki. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the formation, and tours were planned at 20 locations nationwide, but all were canceled. Currently, there are no live activities or event appearances, and the main activities are distributing videos introducing the local Aomori on YouTube.

The goods will be T-shirts, face towels, and coasters using eight character illustrations of Nishimeya village drawn by the members in "The best in Japan directly from the production area !! Nishimeya edition" released on the YouTube channel of Ringomusume.

The character illustrations drawn by the leader, Mr. Obayashi, are "Kajika frogs" that live in Nishimeya village, Mr. Toki is "Matagi", "Black woodpecker", "Beech tree", and Mr. Jona Gold is "Anmon Falls". "Canoe", Ayaka drew a soft serve ice cream with coffee and honey provided at "Tsugaru Shirakami" which was renewed as a roadside station last year.

The canoe drawn by Jonagold is one of the village's representative activities, and a national canoe tournament is held every year. Jonagold's illustration anthropomorphized the canoe and attracted a lot of attention from fans, "Canoe people have no choice but to adopt" "I felt a sense of canoe people and unusual characters" (sic) Was received.

Ayaka says, "There are many new discoveries and charms that I notice through video activities. I can convey the charms in a way that anyone can easily see on YouTube, and I would like to go to Aomori, not just Nishimeya Village. I'd be happy if the number of people increased. "

T-shirts if you stayed at an accommodation facility in Nishimeya Village, face towels if you participated in production experiences such as buckwheat noodle making, Murauchi tofu production, coffee roasting, coffee making, beech production, etc., 500 at restaurants in the village For every purchase of JPY 500 or more, you will receive one coaster for every JPY 500.