Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun's first half of 2015 PV (page view) ranking was "1st hour extension of Hirosaki Park's" Inverted Sakura "in full bloom".

The top 10 rankings are as follows (postings in parentheses). The ranking is a compilation of PVs for headline news distributed from January 1 to June 30 of this year.

1. "Upside-down cherry blossoms" in Hirosaki Park, the best time to light up is also extended (4/23)

2. Hirosaki's calligraphy exhibition talked about "too free" and wrote only sake brands (3/17)

3. The first Starbucks in Hirosaki City Opening in the early morning 150 people queue (4/22)

4. Hirosaki's cafe "Jirchi" suddenly declared closed "To everyone who took care of us" (2/13)

5. Pizza and pasta stores in Hirosaki and Joto are opened by Motoitamae from another prefecture (1/13)

6. A 20-year-old from Inakadate Village, Aomori Prefecture, made his major debut, and his mother tells the story of his debut (3/19)

7. First Starbucks store opened in Hirosaki, 5th store in the prefecture, concept store with tangible cultural properties (4/9)

8. A 40-year-old sandwich main cafe owner opened in Yasuhara, Hirosaki City (3/12)

9. Published "1 coin lunch" book in Hirosaki City, first in Aomori, 72 stores (1/15)

10. The new cafe in Hirosaki The owner is a priest, and the cafe "Jirchi" is open (6/2)

The first place was an article on "Inverted Sakura" reflected on the water surface by illuminating Hirosaki Park. This year, cherry blossoms bloom about a week earlier than usual, and the cherry blossom festival is held ahead of schedule. The extension of the light was also held, and it became a hot topic as one of the ways to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Hirosaki Park, which is known as Japan's best.

In second place is the article about the calligraphy exhibition held in the underground passage of the Ito-Yokado Hirosaki store (in front of Hirosaki station). Works on which brands of sake and names of entertainers were written were exhibited, and the spread on Twitter and Facebook led to access.

Below 3rd was a close gap. Articles introducing Starbucks Coffee Hirosaki Park store (Kamihiragincho), which opened for the first time in the city on April 22, entered 3rd and 7th place, and 4th and 10th place in SPACE DENEGA (Kamigawagacho). The popular cafe "zilch" was closed, and the new cafe "ruuDho" was opened.

In addition to the 10th to 20th places, EXILE USA and TETSUYA's talk show and Kazuki Kato who had a mini live in Hiroro (Ekimaemachi), visited AEON CINEMA Hirosaki store for movie promotion activities. News of entertainers who visited the city, including Anka Ariyasu of the idol group Momoiro Clover Z and Yusuke Iseya who attended the opening ceremony of the Sakura Festival, continued.