Self-exclusions Road closures leading to parking lots and tourist attractions Chiba Tateyama April 24, 17:15

To prevent many people from visiting during the long holidays, Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture, closed the parking lot in the city and the road leading to the tourist attraction Okinoshima.

In Tateyama City, on Sunday the 19th of this month, many people from inside and outside the prefecture visited for fishing and surfing, and locals are worried about the spread of the infection.

On the 24th, the city and Chiba prefecture took measures to prevent many people from visiting during the long holidays, and closed eight parking lots in the tourist spots in the city and the road leading to Okinoshima.

Of these, near Okinoshima, city officials called on people who came by car to leave, placed cones to prevent on-street parking, and installed gates with steel pipes on the road leading to the island. And I was trying not to enter.

Shunichi Yukinawa, chief of the Tourism and Minato Division of Tateyama City, said, "This time, I will refrain from moving and if the spread of infection calms down, please come back to Tateyama."