Three Don Quijote stores in Aomori Prefecture are currently selling T-shirts designed in the Tsugaru dialect.

The same T-shirt designed with Tsugaru dialect such as "Gaffe" and "Sebadaba Maine Byon". Don Quijote only sells T-shirts with dialects drawn in the Tsugaru dialect, and has been selling them since 2019, adding or changing new words every year.

According to the person in charge of apparel in the Aomori area, the "Tsugaru dialect T-shirt" project was started with the desire to liven up Aomori. "At first, we thought of a T-shirt that said, 'Aomori strongest,' but we adopted the idea of ​​making a T-shirt that uses dialects. We decided on the dialect while listening to the opinions of local employees at the Hirosaki store (Takada, Hirosaki city), the Goshogawara store (Fujimaki Karakasayanagi, Goshogawara city), and the Aomori Kankodori store (Hama, Aomori city)," said the person in charge.

There are 8 types of Tsugaru dialect T-shirts sold at only 3 shops this year: “Hankakuse”, “Gaffe”, “Harache”, “Sebadaba Mainebyon”, “Danda”, “Motsuke”, “Wai Haa”, and “Tsugaru Strongest”. Customers stopped at the counter and responded, "It's interesting" and "I want it."

The person in charge said, "I want to spread the Tsugaru dialect to other prefectures, aiming for a 100% wear rate in Aomori Prefecture, so that people can wear it not only locally, but also buy it as a souvenir. Next year, I will also make a new Tsugaru dialect T-shirt."

The price is 1,419 yen. It will be sold at the Hirosaki store, Goshogawara store, and Aomori sightseeing street store. Until the end of September.