A city full of love for drunks - walking through Hachinohe's city center

A drinking district reached by walking 1 kilometer from Hon-Hachinohe Station

The city center, known for its developed alleys, is about 1 kilometer, a 15-minute walk from JR Hachinohe Line's Hon-Hachinohe Station.
It's about 6 kilometers from Hachinohe Station, known as a Shinkansen station, so it's a bit far to walk.
Hachinohe Station also functions as a transfer station from the Shinkansen to conventional lines, and while there are hotels and restaurants around the station, it doesn't seem as lively as the city center.

The city center developed after the war when a market was created for repatriates from the battlefield in what was once a samurai residence area of a castle town, and movie theaters were built, and so on.

Walking through the alleys, you can see the Showa atmosphere is strongly preserved. I think there were similar alleys and side streets with this atmosphere all over Japan, but they're definitely decreasing due to loss of vitality or redevelopment.

Come to think of it, Kofu's drinking district is also becoming quite desolate, but I think there's a common atmosphere in having drinking establishments lining both sides of narrow passages.
This is from when I walked from Kofu Station to the drinking district.

There was a similar drinking district in Kushiro, Hokkaido, but it's even more desolate than Kofu. There aren't many drinking districts with this nostalgic atmosphere like Hachinohe that are still lively.
So it's quite a precious place.

How is that young man singing on the street doing?

In the Hachinohe video, I unusually had a conversation with a young man doing a street live performance. He said he was traveling around Japan, so I wonder where he's singing now.
I also lost the flyer I got then, so I can't follow his activities. I regret that.

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