The children of the local kindergarten are also encouraged!
Safety prayer festival and vehicle dispatch ceremony for snow and ice countermeasure work at Kitakami Management Office

Within the jurisdiction of the NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office, from November to the end of April of the following year, snow removal work and antifreeze spraying work are carried out 24 hours a day to prevent slip accidents and road closures due to freezing and snowfall.
On Wednesday, October 20, 3rd year of Reiwa, the Tohoku Regional Head Office Kitakami management office was established by 10 group companies, related organizations such as the Iwate Prefectural Police Headquarters Expressway Traffic Police Corps Kitakami Branch, and the local Yasaka Kindergarten. With the participation of about 90 people from Japan, we held a safety prayer festival for snow and ice countermeasures in 2021 and a vehicle dispatch ceremony on the premises of the office to pray for the safety of Expressway traffic and snow and ice countermeasures in winter.
At the safety prayer festival, 43 children of the kindergarten performed vigorously in front of work vehicles such as snow removal vehicles, chemical spray vehicles and sign vehicles, and the work vehicles were cleaned and representatives of each organization Shinto rituals such as dedicating tamagushi were also held.

Director Onodera said, "Akita Expressway has become an alternative route due to the closure of National Highway No. 107, and the local community is demanding to secure traffic. We are confident and proud of our mission to protect the safety and security of Expressway. I want you to take it with you, "and encouraged the workers to take measures against snow and ice.
The Kitakami Management Office has jurisdiction over the 103km section between Tohoku Expressway Ichinoseki Interchange (IC) -Hanamaki IC, Akita Road Kitakami Junction (JCT) -Yuda IC, and Kamaishi Road Hanamaki JCT-Towa IC. ..
NEXCO EAST will prepare for the safety of the upcoming snowfall season, and will work together 24 hours a day to remove snow.