Characters from the popular idol project “Love Live” for anime and games have decided to join the Nebuta Festival in Aomori Prefecture, which has become a hot topic among fans.

KADOKAWA / ASCII Mediaworks (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) is working on this project, in addition to drawing 9 idols called "μ's" in TV anime and manga, they also sell CDs and perform live events. To hold. The movie version released in June recorded 1 million spectators in a week, and the fans of the work are called "love lovers", and it is said that not only men but also women are many.

According to information released on the official website of the project and the Tourism Planning Division of the prefecture on July 10, "Aomori Nebuta Festival" "Hirosaki Neputa Festival" "Goshogawara Tachibuta" It will be exhibited at. Exhibited as a small Neputa of about 2.5 meters called "Front Neputa" and "Front Neputa" respectively. On August 1, Hirosaki City "Neputa, Dote Town", on August 2 Aomori City, "Nebuta Executive Committee", and from August 4th to 8th, Goshogawara City "Tadako Taiko" Go to.

Nebuta will also exhibit. After operation, in Hirosaki, 2 to 7 days at Hirosaki City Machinaka Information Center (Hirosaki City, Dote Town), 7 days onwards at Tsugaru Domain Neputa Village (Kameko Town), and in Aomori Nebuta House Wa Rasse (Aomori City Ankata) ), In Goshogawara, it will be exhibited until September 10 at the Tachibyo no Takata Museum (Omachi, Goshogawara city).

According to the person in charge of the department, Nebuta is currently being produced by the Nebuta master in the prefecture. The deformed characters wearing the original costumes are represented in three dimensions, and are divided into different grades, and one group of three people runs at each festival with one small Nebuta. Hirosaki City is in the second grade (Honoka Kosaka, Kotori Minami, Umi Sonoda), Aomori City is in the first grade (Rin Hoshizora, Maki Nishikino, Hanayo Koizumi), and Goshogawara City is in the third grade (Eli Ayase, Nozomi Tojo, Yazawa Niko) will be.

On July 15th, a special site was opened and the sales lineup of original goods was announced. There are 9 kinds of trading metal charms (600 yen) and fan (600 yen), 3 kinds of hand towels (1,200 yen) divided for each grade, and a tote bag (1,800 yen) with 9 faces drawn on it. The sale place will be the exhibition place in each place.

On the net, while there are fans' comments such as "I have to go !!" and "I want to worship", I'm leaving the prefecture, such as "I'm going home", "I'm planning to go home and I can go if there is an exhibition" (above, original mom) There are also voices from locals who decide to return home.