Both Hirosaki's cherry blossoms and Ise Jingu Shrine ... The tourist attraction is the new Corona, which is quiet April 25, 15:34
It was the first weekend of cherry blossoms in Hirosaki Park in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, one of the most famous cherry blossom spots in Japan, but it was closed because it was closed to prevent crowds of visitors. .
Hirosaki Park is home to about 2600 cherry trees and is known as one of Japan's leading cherry blossom spots. Every year, more than 2 million people visit the Hirosaki Sakura Festival, which is held during the long holiday season.
However, the Koshino Festival has been discontinued to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and the park is closed until May 6 to prevent crowds of visitors.
On the 25th, it was the first weekend since the best time to see the cherry blossoms began, but with calls to refrain from unnecessary and urgent going out nationwide, the visitors are sparse and people who look at the cherry blossoms on the outer moat Was seen.
Hirosaki City is calling for staff not to be crowded on the surrounding roads such as patrols by staff.
A man in his 50s in Aomori Prefecture said, "I think there are very few people compared to last year, which is a good trend."
At Ise Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, the worship time was shortened from 25th, and there were almost no people in the surrounding area in the morning.
In order to prevent the spread of infection at Ise Jingu, the visit time will be shortened by 4 hours from 6 am to 3 pm from the 25th for the time being, and the municipal parking lot near the inner shrine of Ise Jingu will have about 1500 cars. They will be closed from 25th to 6th May:
Ujibashi-mae of Naiku is usually crowded with worshipers on weekends, but there were only a few locals on the morning of 25th.
In addition, all of the shops at "Thank you Yokocho," which sells souvenirs near Naiku, have been closed since the 17th of this month, and there were almost no tourists, so it was quiet.
A local taxi driver said, "I can't work because I don't have many tourists. I can't wait because the worship time has shortened, so I'll return early."