Hirosaki City is currently changing the signboards calling for "Please don't throw the snow away" to "Please don't throw away the snow".

The changed signboard prevents the dumping of snow into the waterway. "Throw" means "throw away" in Tsugaru dialect. According to the person in charge of the Hirosaki City Road Maintenance Division, the person in charge at the time asked for an order for the signboard without realizing that it was Tsugaru dialect. It is said that the signs are mixed.

The person in charge said, ``I myself didn't realize it was in Tsugaru dialect because I used to say things like 'throw garbage' on a daily basis. Please change it to 'Please.'

"When snow is dumped into irrigation canals and drainage channels, the hardened snow makes it difficult for water to flow, and the flow is blocked, creating the risk of flooding and flooding." "We ask for your cooperation in not throwing snow into waterways," he said.