"I can't say that I should come" even when business resumes May 17:36, May 7

Along with the end of the long holidays, some prefectures have removed accommodations from the request for leave. However, due to the continuing movements across prefectures and the refraining from going out, facilities continued to refrain from reopening business, and we still hear the anxiety about the future.

Gunma Prefecture extended the request for holidays for self-restraint and non-necessity to go out and recreation facilities and amusement facilities to the end of this month.

At the Ikaho Onsen ryokan in Shibukawa City, which is aiming to resume business this weekend, we have prepared a guideline that summarizes infection prevention measures to clean baths and rooms and to keep employees and guests from contacting as much as possible. It was.

However, because there is a continuing need to refrain from moving across prefectures and going out, many places are worried whether customers will return even after resuming business, and among the 44 inns and hotels in Ikaho Onsen Was reopened at 5 houses.

Hideki Takahashi, CEO of Mimatsukan, said, "I'm happy to be able to restart it, but I can't say" Please come ", so it's complicated."

Takahiro Omori, Chairman of the Ikaho Onsen Tourism Association in Shibukawa, said, "I'm confused by the fact that I can't make a reservation for an accommodation, as I press the accelerator with my right foot and brake with my left foot. Wants to prepare a reception system that can be enjoyed safely and securely. ”

"The mission is to protect the safety of our customers and employees ..."

In Miyagi Prefecture, the leave request was lifted on the 7th, but the owners of the lodging facilities warned that the spread of the infection had not been settled nationwide, and cautioned to restart the business.

Among them, Kansaburo Sato, who runs a hotel in Akiu Onsen in the suburbs of Sendai City and is also the president of the “Miyagi Prefecture Hotel Ryokan Life Sanitation Business Association”, said about Miyagi Prefecture's decision to cancel the leave request I think it is a realistic decision considering the increasing number of people who are economically poor. ”

This hotel has already decided to close until 28th of this month, and it is said that there are reservations for about 1300 people next month, but it is said that business can not be resumed until the spread of infection spreads nationwide, We are considering to take leave even after the month.

President Sato said, "There are many regions in Japan that have not yet converged, but it is undeniable that people who cross the prefectural border could flow in if business is resumed. The mission is to protect the safety of customers and employees. There is no decision to resume business immediately. ”