To the end of the local testing boom, various tests that have already ended

"Local test" that came to boom around 2007 as one of the trends of regional revitalization. The chance was made in 2003Hakodako testThen, it was done in 2004Kyoto · Tourism Culture Examination TestWas widely taken up and spread to various places.

However, the number of examinees seems to be decreasing every year, and in the interview by the Yomiuri Shimbun, "It is not profitable, it may be difficult to continue in the same wayThere are also people in charge who talk about it.

Although it was done when examining it, it seems that there are several tests that have already ended already though it was done in boom. So, I tried to summarize what kind of local test was completed.

The list is from the following.
The criteria with lists have already been confirmed to be terminated, those that have not yet been planned to be tested in 2010. It was saved in February and March 2010 if the 2009 exam was done in the case that the site has not been updated yet so we omitted it. Also, since it is unknown how many local tests will be there, we are focusing on what the Chamber of Commerce and other places were doing.

◆Hikone Castle Town Test Examination(2005 - 2009)


"Hikone castle town test" that Hikone shopping district association (Hikone city, Shiga prefecture) was conducting started in 2005. The site has been updated properly, but it finished in the fifth round of enforcement in November 2009. It will not be held in 2010. Although the circumstances that have ended are unknown, it seems that it will not be resumed.

◆Echizen crab test(2008)


The "Echizen crab test" conducted by the Fukui Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture) is a test based on Fukui's specialty · Echizen crab, as the name suggests, passed and a regrettable party was held on that day that the test was taken, Echizen crab It was a strange thing to eat. The examination fee was set at 30,000 yen, which is the highest among these exams, but this price has influenced or it will be decided to be qualified and extended in the initial recruitment period. After all, it seems that it was only once this was done.

◆Nakasendo Nakatsugawa Qualification Certification(2006 - 2008)
Regional certification "that Nakatsugawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nakatsugawa-shi, Gifu prefecture) conducted" Naka-gama Kaiwai "centering on Nakasendo-kaidai," history of knowledge "such as history, culture, industry, nature, life etc. is" Blessed accreditation. " Although it started in 2006,The 3rd Certification Examination conducted in 2008The number of candidates to take was 21, "I could fulfill the original purpose of getting to know the localIt is said that we are not waiting for the future after that. The examination fee was 200 yen (including mailing fee) and the top class was cheap among many examinations.

◆Furusato Yokkaichi Examination(2007 ~ 2010?)
Although it has not ended yet, it seems that the "Furusato Yokkaichi Test" carried out by the Furusato Yokkaichi Test Executive Committee (Yokkaichi city, Mie Prefecture) has been questioned for its existence. The first one was held to celebrate the 111th anniversary of Yokkaichi city's municipal government in 2008, and it was held until the third time, but the number of examinees wasThe first 88 people, the second 90 people, the third 45 people did not reach 100 people three times in a rowSluggishness. Although it was said that the number of applications to be submitted was zero even in February at the 4th meeting which was scheduled to be held in March 2010, what happened ...? The telephone of the executive committee secretariat was an answering machine.

◆Shirataka SAKE test(2006)
The "Shirataka SAKE test" conducted by the Nishinomiya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo Pref.) In 2006 was conducted as part of the "Nishinomiya History, Culture, and Museum Museum" in collaboration with city sake manufacturers It was.Shirataka Dance ShrineIt was said that the participation fee was 1,000 yen with sake tasting and souvenirs. "Nishinomiya history, culture, food museum" itself was held in Hyogo prefecture in 2006Hyogo Hyogo National BodyBecause it was an event tailored to, it is not held after that.

◆Kurashiki White Wall Tourism Test(? ~ 2005)
Local testing conducted by Kurashiki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture). It seems that it was a test to challenge the charm of the white wall town / Kurashiki on the web, and it seems that there was a sightseeing benefit in the passing certificate that you can pass, but it was not done already in 2006. It took place in the earliest period of the local test boom and it seems it was over when it got excited ... ....

◆Sugar Road Test(2005 ~ 2007?)
Sugar Road Council (Saga City, Saga Prefecture) conducted the local test "Sugar Road Test". From Ogura to NagasakiNagasaki KaidoIt was aimed at nurturing masters of sweets culture by a test related to being called Sugar Road. The information is stopped at the end of the third test conducted in Heisei era 2007 (2007).

◆Odo Edo Kawagoe Test Examination Official Website(2008 ~ 2010?)
Although it seems that the third was scheduled to be implemented in February 2010, it is postponed, it is said that it is under consideration scheduled to be implemented during FY2010 (April 2010 - March 2011). When the official schedule is confirmed, I will report again, but I am very uneasy.

In addition to this, there were some cases that it was found that the examination was still being carried out when examining the exam which looked as if it seems that the site was over at the first glance, but each chambers of commerce chapter and the examination were carried out I will not tell you that organizations that are upgrading more information on the official website. There are not many cases where the person who came to the site thinking "I should take an examination" gave up without giving any information at all.