"Biwako Fireworks Festival" canceled due to new corona effect Shiga June 24, 5:52
The "Lake Biwa Fireworks Festival", in which the night sky of Lake Biwa is decorated with 10,000 fireworks, has been canceled due to the new coronavirus.
The Lake Biwa Fireworks Festival is a summer feature of Shiga Prefecture that is visited by more than 300,000 people every year. This event was scheduled to be held on November 6 after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
However, in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, it is necessary to avoid crowding people, so the executive committee decided to cancel the event this year.
The Lake Biwa Fireworks Festival will be canceled for the first time since it began in 1984.
The executive committee also considered the schedule for next year, and decided to hold the fireworks display on October 29 next year, assuming that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were postponed.
Governor Mikazuki of Shiga Prefecture, who serves as chairman, said, "We have been making efforts to hold this year until the last minute, but determined that it is difficult to hold the tournament safely. It is very disappointing but I want you to understand." It was