First weekend after declaring an emergency Emergency shutdown and shortened hours in shopping districts in Tokyo April 11 19:31
On the 11th, the first weekend after the emergencies are declared, there are a number of shops in the shopping streets in Tokyo that shorten business hours as well as close.
Tokyo's leading shopping street, Togoshi Ginza shopping street in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo In addition to restaurants requested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, shops that shorten business hours at hairdressing salons, clothing stores, grocery stores, etc. Are one after another.
Of these, in the barber shop on the street, after germicidal removal, customers are required to sit at a distance of 2 meters or more, but the number of customers is small, and business hours are 6 pm That is,
Mr. Yusuke Yamazaki, who runs the company, said, “Usually there is traffic until late, but now it decreases at around 6 o'clock in the evening. I want to provide a safe environment. "
In addition, the Italian restaurant, which is usually open at night, was closed at 3:00 pm because it switched to only daytime to prevent the spread of infection.
A shopkeeper said, “There is also a request from Tokyo to restrain ourselves, so we decided to close at night because there were few customers even if we opened the shop. I'm prepared to be patient for about a month, and I'd like to cooperate if closing the store would reduce the spread of the infection. "