The Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun 2021's annual PV (page view) ranking No. 1 was an article on the traffic safety slogan expressed by the Tsugaru dialect of the Aomori Prefectural Police, which attracted a lot of attention as "no longer a spell."

The PV ranking is a compilation of 204 headline news delivered from January 1st to December 16th this year. The top 10 rankings are as follows (the dates in parentheses are the posting dates).

1. Aomori Prefectural Police's three dialect slogans are talked about Tsugaru dialect is the only "no longer a spell" (2/8)

2. Voices of joy from Hirosaki citizens as "Matsuya" expands into Akita Prefecture The distance to the nearest store is halved (7/20)

3. Hirosaki, the second store in Aomori Prefecture, "Chateraise" Roadside sweets store (9/9)

4. "I'm sorry" in Aomori Winter drug sprayer "I have no choice but to thank" on the internet (1/21)

5. The food label on the direct sales office in Aomori is Tsugaru dialect. There is also a mistake peculiar to the countryside (7/7).

6. "Anywhere Door" in Aomori Park Anonymous installer "I want everyone to have fun" (8/30)

7. There is a translation in the wholesale warehouse in Hirosaki. Unmanned sales at the product sales office are popular and manned (10/27)

8. Opened "Curry & Cafe Siesta" in Hirosaki at the site of an antique coffee shop (9/16)

9. To the end of Hirosaki's large aquarium "Aquarium" For 28 years, tropical fish etc. will be exhibited (10/21)

10. Cafe "SHIZUKU" built on a hill in Aomori and Fujisaki A couple realizes their "dream" (2/4)

The first place is the traffic safety slogan written in three dialects in Aomori prefecture published in the "Aomori Prefecture Safe Driving Guidebook" published by the Aomori Prefecture Traffic Safety Association. When Twitter account Sugi (@ke_nek) posted, "If you compare the three dialects of Aomori, you can understand the meaning of Tsugaru dialect (sic)", it was an article telling that it became a hot topic on the Internet.

Second place was the voice of Hirosaki citizens who were pleased with the opening of the major beef bowl chain "Matsuya" in Akita Prefecture for the first time. As of July 2021 when the article was published, both Akita and Aomori prefectures have not yet entered "Matsuya". On December 17, "Matsuya Hirosaki Takada store" was opened and opened for the first time in Aomori prefecture.

The third place is an article that tells the opening of the confectionery specialty store "Chatrese Hirosaki Takada store". In the article introducing the new store, the 7th place product sales office "Palette Store", the 8th place "Curry & Cafe Siesta", and the 10th place cafe "SHIZUKU" were ranked.

Articles about the end of the exhibition of the large aquarium "Aquarium" on the 1st floor of the 9th place Sakurano Hirosaki store and the closure of long-established stores such as "Miyazonoen" and "Pink Bear" attracted attention this year, but due to the change of industry There were many stores that tried to survive with various "ingenuity" due to reopening, renewal, and corona damage.

In 2022, the Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun will continue to follow the topics and new trends of the city as a "city record clerk".