Yesterday, 11/3, from around 18:00 to 21:00, a huge crowd gathered at a park near Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens.
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Takamatsu Hinata Ryokuchi, the green space with the police box near Gardens. There were tons of people on the Gardens side too~
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 14 Takamatsucho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
A lot of people were waiting to hear a speech by Motohiko Saito, who is running in the Hyogo gubernatorial election~.
This time, we’d like to share a report on what the atmosphere of the speech was like~~
It was scheduled to start at 18:30, but he got caught in traffic at the Takamatsucho intersection.
At last, he arrived~
He seemed surprised by just how many people there were~
I mean, just look at this crowd~. Apparently, it was about the same size as when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came here before
Finally, the speech began~
People were watching from the deck connecting Gardens and the station too
There was applause from time to time, but what stood out was how everyone was mostly listening quietly and seriously~
After the speech ended, there was time for handshakes with everyone~
There was an incredible number of people, but he shook hands with those who reached out~
People were snapping photos and videos with their smartphones nonstop~
Right before he got into the car, the “Saito! Saito! Saito!” chant that rose up was amazing too
At the end, everyone saw him off with applause and waves~~（I think he went to ACTA next
And then, the next person to appear here was
An election campaign car carrying Tachibana, the leader of the NHK Party. It really stands out! It kind of looks like the colors of Koshien Hero-age. But Hero-age came first!
Whoa! Tachibana came out~~. He looks exactly like he does on YouTube! Seriously, exactly the same
As soon as he stood in front of the campaign car, the crowd gathered around him with incredible speed
He did his usual “NHK wo bukowaaasu” line~
There were this many people listening to Tachibana of the NHK Party too.
A crowd so big it packed the whole park
Even amid the serious topics, there were bits of humor here and there, and everyone would burst into laughter now and then. Overall, though, it felt like people were listening calmly~
Tachibana spoke for about 45 minutes, and the person he handed things over to was
Kenichiro Saito, representative of the NHK Party~. The other Saito! The one who was here earlier was Saito. Look closely! The kanji are different
Kenichiro Saito used to be the owner of aqua Nishinomiya Main Store on National Route 43(not anymore). As proof, his X account name is “aqua_saito”. Maybe that’s why he knew about Nishitsu too~. Also, the fact that his secretary is Horiemon is pretty amazing
Next to the speech area, there was a smartphone timer like this. They’re really careful about making sure everything ends right on schedule~
While Kenichiro Saito was speaking, Tachibana was a little ways away taking questions from everyone~
After that, there was a line like this.
Even with that long line, he took photos with every single person without leaving anyone out~. So much energy~
