On September 17th, a reproduction project of the wedding ceremony "celebration ceremony" in Hirosaki in the 1950s was held at the "Former Ishitoya Residence" (Kawai, Hirosaki City).

The "celebration ceremony" was reproduced by the "Tsugaru Akatsuki no Kai" (Chairman Yoshiko Kudo), which carries out activities to pass on the local cuisine of the Tsugaru region. The event was held with the aim of handing down to the younger generation the celebration ceremony and cuisine that only people in their 80s and older have experienced.

A total of 23 people from both families attended the ceremony. The ceremonial roles of the time, bride, groom, matchmaker, ``sairyo'' (person in charge of the celebration), ``genza'' (person on the bride's side who oversees the celebration), and ``adbasama'' (the bride's attendant) are set. "Tachiha" (the farewell ceremony with parents), "Oyagunagori" (relatives of both families pouring sake to each other), and the bridal procession are also recreated.

As for the celebration dishes, we offered 9 main dishes such as sea bream head, clear soup, flounder sashimi, yome-namasu, and unpei, and 5 second dishes.

The bride is Atsuko Nagai, who moved to Hirosaki in 2019 and got married in 2021. Mr. Nagai, who had heard that recreating the congratulatory speech was a long-cherished wish of Mr. Kudo, the chairman, was asked about a model and said, "I will do it." "I wasn't planning to have a ceremony, but I'm happy that it's an opportunity for my family, friends, and people close to me to celebrate in this way," he said with a smile.

According to Mr. Kudo, until the 1950s, people in the Tsugaru region used to hold ceremonies at home. “It has a strong ceremonial significance, has a detailed role, and was established based on community ties, such as neighbors making celebratory dishes by hand,” says Kudo. "I want young people to feel the culture of Tsugaru and the connections between people," he said.

The project is a "Tsugaru culture succession project through reproduction of celebratory dishes" that utilizes the 1% system of Hirosaki citizen-participation type town development.