Currently, an ad truck (advertising truck) "Alpajon Santa" is operating around Hirosaki.

A Christmas business jointly started in 2017 (Heisei 29) by Hachinohe's cake shop "Alpajon" (Shimonaga, Hachinohe) and "Ito Shoji" (Niida), which handles the ad track business. The Hirosaki area has been in operation since last year, and this year the number of vehicles operating has been increased to three, with five Santa Clauses and one reindeer.

One of the increased vehicles, "Meteor Jumbo Santa", is a 17-meter trailer with illumination specifications using blue LED lighting. The other "Yellow Christmas" is a light truck with a cake object and painted in yellow.

The service will start on December 1st and is scheduled for December 25th. The Hirosaki area will be on December 6th at "Roadside Station Namioka Apple Hill" (Aomori City), "Roadside Station Inakadate" (Countryside Tatemura), "Seven Eleven Kuroishi Nogiwa Store" (Kuroishi City), and "Tsugaru". Moved to "Clan Neputa Village" (Hirosaki City) and "Roadside Station Tsuruta" (Tsuruta Town).

On December 7, after stopping at "Roadside Station Ikarigaseki" (Hirakawa City), go through "Hirakawa City Neputa Exhibition Hall" (Hirakawa City), "Roadside Station Inakadate" (Inakadate Village), and the direction of Kuroishi. , Stop at "Tachineputa no Yakata" and shopping center "ELM" in Goshogawara. The ELM parking lot is scheduled for 17:30 to 19:00. After that, it will stop at "Roadside Station Tsuruta" again and will be lit up until 22:00.

Kazuharu Matsuzaka, the owner of Alpajon, said, "The days when movement was restricted due to the corona sickness continued this year. I hope you can see the truck and get a little better." "Please be careful not to cause an accident or inconvenience to the surroundings, such as parking in the surrounding area or carelessness while driving," he said.

The operation status will be updated on Twitter from time to time.