The No. 1 PV (page view) ranking of 2015 in the Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun was an article that communicated the opening of "Starbucks Coffee Hirosaki Koenmae" (Kamishiragincho, Hirosaki), which opened in April for the first time. ..

This is the second store in Japan to operate as a nationally registered tangible cultural property. The PV of the article continued to grow even after it was published, leading to the result that it ranked first in the annual ranking. An article introducing the inside of the store ranked in 8th place, which shows the high degree of attention.

The ranking is an aggregate of PVs of Headline News distributed from January 1st to December 27th this year. The top 10 rankings are as follows (posting date in parentheses).

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

2. Hirosaki's calligraphy exhibition is talked about as "too free" – works that only write sake brands (3/17)

3. “Love Live!” × “British Toast” collaboration bread is in good shape, and sales are twice as high as usual (8/4)

4. Hirosaki Park's "upside down cherry blossoms" in full bloom, 1 hour extension (4/23)

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

6. Hirosaki castle moat is open for free during the cherry blossom festival Expectations are high for Hirosaki castle and cherry blossoms looking up (4/2)

7. "Tendon Tenya" opened in Hirosaki for the first time in Kita-Tohoku, and some lined up before opening (July 15)

8. Hirosaki City's first starbucks in front of Hirosaki Park Interior with Bunaco and Kogin (4/21)

9. Hirosaki Park cherry blossoms, 7 days early flowering Full bloom is expected before the Sakura Festival (4/16)

10. The autumn leaves of Hirosaki Park are talked about as “Makai” Tweeted by the character “apple candy man” (10/31)

The 2nd place "Too Free" calligraphy exhibition was an article that exhibited works that wrote brands of sake and names of entertainers, and the number of likes on Facebook and the number of retweets on Twitter were the highest in the year. The third-place collaboration bread was sold by Aomori's soul food "British Toast" packaged with an illustration of the idol project "Love Live!". It became a hot topic both inside and outside the prefecture.

Three articles related to the Hirosaki Sakura Festival are ranked, such as "Inverted Cherry Blossoms" (4th place) in the moat, Hirosaki Castle Inn moat open for free during the Sakura Festival (6th place), and cherry blossoms that bloomed 7 days earlier (9th place). The result was Hirosaki's. In addition, Mao Sasaki from Inakadate village made a major debut (5th place) and articles such as "Tendon Tenya" (7th place), which opened for the first time in the northeastern area, sank into the top.

This year, Hirosaki has opened a number of chain stores such as "Starbucks Coffee", "Seven-Eleven", and "Tendon Tenya" for the first time in succession. Became. The Hirosaki Keizai Shimbun will continue to deliver business and culture news centering around the city of Hirosaki in 2016.