During the Hirosaki Sakura Festival, an optional tour “Yozakura Tanteidan” is being held this year by the volunteer guide “Back alley detectives”. Sponsored by the Hirosaki Tourism and Convention Association.

The back alley detective group is conducting a town walk guide called "Twilight alley walk" that guides Hirosaki that even locals do not know while visiting the back alleys that are out of the standard tourist spots. In recent years, local government officials from all over the country often come to visit for reference of regional activity.

The "Yozakura Tanteidan," which members of the same group have been conducting for a limited time during the Hirosaki Sakura Festival, started four years ago. Initially, the name recognition was low and the number of participants was small, but this year, it is said that there are applications from all over the country from Hokkaido in the north to Nagasaki in the south by an inquiry on the net.

On May 1, a total of 50 tourists from Kanagawa prefecture participated in the cherry blossom detective team this evening. Among the largest participants in the past, the detective team also divided nine members into four groups to guide Hirosaki Park at night.

"It is said that the cherry blossom cutting idiot is Umekiri ranabaka, but the reason why Hirosaki's cherry blossoms came to be the number one in Japan is because the cherry blossoms were cut off." Heap up the place with. “I thought that Mr. Lailai who was the guide was very good and I thought he was a talent. I think I will become a fan,” said a housewife from Kamakura. "I will come to see the cherry blossoms tomorrow day, but don't forget to tell me what I learned today. I look around the park. The food at the various stalls recommended by Mr. Lailai looks delicious, what should I eat? I'm lost. "

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