[Election Enlightenment] Hochpotch Music Festival

Hello! It is a bright election promotion council in Naka Ward.
We exhibited for the first time at the "Hotch Potch Music Festival" held on November 8, 2020, and conducted a mock voting.
Using the entry stand and ballot box used in the actual election, we voted on which one of the two popular noodle dishes (Napolitan and Sanmamen) originating in Yokohama, which is suitable as one of Yokohama's representative noodles.

"Hotch Potch" means "gocha maze" in English.
This is a Gochamaze music festival that aims to eliminate all barriers such as performance genres, nationality, generation, gender, disability, etc., and to be able to enjoy music as well as those who like music and those who usually have little opportunity to listen to music together.
Beginning in 2009, this year marks its 12th anniversary.

(Quotted from the Hochport Music Festival official website (outside site))

The real ballot box and entry stand cannot be photographed at the actual polling place, so some people were observed closely nearby and some took pictures just here.

Many people, both young and old, came to vote, and 136 votes were collected, although it was only from 1 pm to 4 pm.
The result was 56 Napolitan votes, 78 Sun Mamen votes, and 2 invalid votes, and Sun Mamen was selected!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, various effects are occurring in daily life, and busy days continue.

This time, it seems that the number of visitors was smaller than usual, partly due to the influence, but I think that a wide range of generations could be interested in the election.

As the secretariat, we will continue to work to raise awareness of elections and increase turnout while working to prevent the spread of infection.