Today, Saturday 7/19, a huge crowd had gathered around Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens.
But before that~~, I happened to be at Hanshin Nishinomiya for another story~
Around 2:30 p.m. They were getting ready for a speech by Kada-san of the Liberal Democratic Party, who is running in the House of Councillors election in Hyogo Prefecture~
The person standing on top of the car is House of Representatives member Kenji Yamada. On the right is Kada-san.
*This photo is a clipped frame from an Instagram Live video. I didn’t realize the quality would turn out this low. Sorry🙏
Kada-san. She even came over to shake hands with Shachomi, who was dressed up in blonde women’s clothing~~~~. So kind~~~
People listening to the speech seemed to be gathered in the shaded areas around EBISTA and along the Seven-Eleven side.
And then, around 3 p.m. outside the first floor of Gardens
There were soooo many people. I thought maybe it was because there was shade there, but…
Even “Takamatsu Hinata Green Space,” which was in full sun last time, was packed.
It’s Tachibana-san, leader of the NHK Party, looking a little sunburned~~. A Trump hat with clothes in this color is a pretty funny combination
It was 35 degrees that day, and this spot was completely in the blazing sun. Even though it was so hot, tons of people were there without even using parasols.
There was a mix of people quietly listening and people who were against him. It was amazing how completely different it felt from Nishinomiya’s usual calm atmosphere.
During the previous gubernatorial election too, this spot had an incredible number of people, didn’t it?
What was different from the previous gubernatorial election was that this time there were several police officers, and they were watching the situation pretty closely. Whenever something looked like it might turn into trouble, they responded right away.
Fukumaro-san & Minimaro-san, who also livestreamed on YouTube during Saito-san’s time. Minimaro-san was Saito-san’s campaign announcer, and somehow the two of them had a surprise lightning wedding~. Woo woo~~.
Fukumaro-san is also a nice guy who helps me with advice about my livestream connection that keeps cutting in and out~.
Also, the deck leading from the station to Gardens was overflowing with people, and many were watching from above. About the left half of the photo shows people heading toward Gardens.
According to Mori-san, a Nishinomiya City Council member who was at the site, Yoshimura-san of Nippon Ishin no Kai, the Osaka governor known for saying “social insurance is way too expensive,” had also come a few days earlier, but today there were apparently about 3 times as many people as that day!
There were also people from the opposing side shouting loudly and making it hard to hear the speech, but honestly, just the fact that they came out in this heat is really impressive. They’re really going for it! I felt like I would’ve gotten heatstroke.
There was also a monk chanting sutras at the speech venue, and all in all, I got to see an election speech that was so chaotic I’d never seen anything like it before. It may be inappropriate to say, but honestly, it was interesting🙏 Still, I think it’s amazing that it drew so much attention.
According to Matsushi @ Nishitsu reader, there were apparently a huge number of people voting early today at LaLaport Koshien~. (By the way, it seems that early voting became available at LaLaport Koshien thanks to a proposal by Kawamura-san, who serves as chair of the Nishinomiya City Council.) Oh, and this is an older photo~
Apparently there were some election discounts too.
So anyway,
Tomorrow is election day. Please check the candidates once more~
And make sure to get the 100th anniversary limited-edition “Miyatan voting certificate”✨
