The Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival PR video "101st Hirosaki Park Cherry Blossoms (2020)" was selected for the "2nd Furusato Video Awards" sponsored by the Regional Revitalization Center on December 15.

It was selected as the grand prize from 125 videos entered from all over the country. The award started last year as a promotional video category that conveys the appeal of the region. Last year, "Net surfer becomes Real surfer" in Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture was awarded.

This year, we are recruiting under the theme of "connecting even if you can't go to meet". "The 101st Sakura in Hirosaki Park (2020)" was released on YouTube by Hirosaki City Promotion on June 4th. The video was taken in the closed Hirosaki Park during the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival, which was canceled due to the state of emergency, and the playback time from the buds of the cherry blossoms to the fall was summarized in 4 minutes and 48 seconds.

Tsubasa Shimoda of Ringo Music, who was in charge of the project, said, "I was shooting at Hirosaki Park almost every day from mid-April to the end of Golden Week in May. The amount of data used for shooting was more than 10 tera. It was a battle against the weather and the wind to capture the moment. "

According to Mr. Shimoda, there were no people in the closed Hirosaki Park, so the sound of great spotted woodpeckers poking trees and the chirping of birds echoed incredibly. "It was a pity that the Sakura Festival was canceled, but I want you to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Hirosaki that you could see because no one was there," says Shimoda.

In February 2021, a video of the four seasons of Hirosaki Park will be released.