"The United States cried"
On the afternoon of the 3rd, such a post temporarily entered the trend on Twitter.
It's not about movies, it's about sports.
Posts were posted one after another after Sena Irie won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics boxing women's featherweight division.
The trigger was posted by Mayor Takashi Iki of Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, who is the chairman of the supporters' association in the birthplace of Irie.
"To fight that won the # Mina Irie won! Gold medal !! fierce Uchiai, (Yonago National = Zen) across the United States cried Congratulations!"
Propaganda of the movie or a Convincing but is the expression "the United States has been crying", Here, it seems to refer to all the citizens of Yonago City, not the United States.
Many comments were received on SNS for this post.
"Nationwide (Yonago) came !!!!"
"Small nationwide. But I like the city of Yonago."
"Tottori is rich in wit."
In response to these reactions, the official account of Yonago City also responded.
"Always polite, energetic, I was impressed to the strong showing of smile full of coves players. Now also cited the United States (all-Yonago), we will continue to support the Irie player"
to talk to the person in charge of Yonago Secretariat When asked, in Yonago City, in addition to "nationwide" among the citizens, "going to the United States" (going to Yonago City), "returning to the United States" (returning to Yonago City), "visiting the United States" (coming to Yonago City) It means that expressions such as are sometimes used.
The person in charge said, "I would like to congratulate Irie from the bottom of my heart. I was surprised that the post received a lot of feedback than I expected. I hope many people will know about Yonago City." I was talking.