Yesterday, 11/3, from around 18:00 to 21:00, a huge crowd had gathered at a park near Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens.
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This is Takamatsu Hinata Ryokuchi, where the police box near Gardens is located. There were tons of people on the Gardens side too〜
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 14 Takamatsu-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
A large number 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 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 Takamatsu-cho intersection.
At last, he arrived〜
He seemed surprised by just how many people were there〜
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 also watching from the deck connecting Gardens and the station
There were bursts of applause from time to time, but what stood out was how everyone was basically listening quietly and intently〜
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 asked〜
People were snapping tons of photos and videos with their phones〜
Just before he got into the car, the Saito chants of “Saito! Saito! Saito!” that erupted were amazing too
At the end, everyone saw him off with applause and waves〜〜（I think he went to ACTA after this
And then, the next one to appear at this spot was
A 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〜〜. Exactly like he looks on YouTube! Seriously, just the same
As soon as he stood in front of the campaign car, the audience gathered around him with incredible speed
He did his usual “NHK wo bukkowa〜〜su” thing〜
There were this many people listening to NHK Party’s Tachibana as well.
The crowd was big enough to completely fill the park
Even during the serious parts, there were little bits of humor here and there, and everyone would burst into laughter from time to time, but overall it felt like people were listening calmly〜
Tachibana spoke for about 45 minutes, and the person he passed the baton to was
Kenichiro Saito, representative of the NHK Party〜. The other Saito! The one from earlier was Saito too, but look closely! The kanji is 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, but he knew about Nishitsu too〜. Also, the fact that his secretary is Horiemon is pretty amazing
Next to the speech area, there was this smartphone timer. They were carefully making sure everything ended right on schedule〜
While Kenichiro Saito was speaking, Tachibana was a little distance away holding a Q&A session with everyone〜
After that, this line formed.
Even though that many people were lined up, he made time to take photos with every single person〜. So much energy〜
