Today, 3/28 (Sat), lots of people had gathered again at Hinata Ryokuchi, the green space in front of Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens. On this day, Nishitsu supporter Kagayaki No. 509 went to take a look.
Around 2 p.m.
Oh! Looks like a Kansai TV camera crew was there.
Ishii-san was there!
Suita Mayor Keiji Goto also seems to have given a campaign speech in support of Ishii-san. I guess mayors really do get along with each other.
He was also shaking hands with lots of supporters.
Maybe someone he knows came by? Ishii-san looks super happy, haha.
Then around 4 p.m.
Once again, a whole lot of people had gathered.
It’s Tanaka-san. The person next to him is Kei Miki, a member of the House of Representatives.
People from the opposition side were also joining in loudly.
The person holding the mic was Fujita-san, co-leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai. Yoshimura-san came before too. His video about social insurance being way too expensive is popular, haha.
Still, it’s become pretty standard that this normally quiet park by Gardens gets surprisingly crowded once election season rolls around.
So, with that said,
At Nishitsu, we asked the three candidates running in this Nishinomiya mayoral election a bunch of questions as part of our “We’d like to ask a bit about city government” feature.
We hope this can serve as one reference point among the many opinions out there. It’s important to look at different perspectives too, so try to check out opposing views without leaning too much one way.
Tomorrow, March 29 (Sun), is voting day. The weather will be clear, so if you haven’t voted yet, why not head out and do so?
