A video of a duck swimming in a flower basket in Hirosaki Park is currently a hot topic on the Internet.

The video shows a duck swimming in a straight line from right to left in a raft in a moat. Since I heard the engine sound of a motorcycle running nearby at the right time, I received comments such as "the engine sound is coming from the duck" and "the motorcycle sound is w" (sic), and so far, 120,000 retweets, 44 With millions of likes, the video has been viewed more than 4 million times.

The shooting location is near the Hirosaki Cultural Center, posted by a Twitter account "nobee" who visited from Kanagawa prefecture. Nobee left Kanagawa on the night of April 23 and arrived in Hirosaki on the morning of the 24th, taking nearly 10 hours by car. I took a walk in Sotobori at 7 o'clock on the same day and took a video of the flower raft that had begun to form. He recalls that he happened to be able to shoot a video of a duck swimming right beside him while holding his smartphone.

"It's interesting to glance at this moment when the duck is cut off to the left. Maybe I was conscious of the camera," says nobee. "I tried to shoot again to try again, but I couldn't shoot because I swam diagonally or stopped in the middle."

There was a reaction not only from Japan but also from overseas to the posted video. In addition to comments such as "cute" and "beautiful", there were voices pointing out that it was like an icebreaker or a contrail, and users who played with images by making the engine sound louder and adjusting the speed of ducks. There was also.

Mr. nobee, who said that it was his first time in Hirosaki, learned about the collaboration between the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival and Sakura Miku in 2019 (Reiwa 1), and said that he had no choice but to go to Hirosaki, where Miku fans are visiting. "I liked the atmosphere in which Miku Sakura would appear in Hirosaki Castle and in the nostalgic city. I really wanted to buzz with Miku Sakura's photo, not a video of a duck."

One of the reasons why the reaction from overseas was great was that I had a connection with overseas followers by posting Hatsune Miku on a regular basis. Nobee smiles, "I was surprised at the reaction from overseas. I introduced the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival overseas because there is a custom to piggyback on it if I buzz."