Obon holiday adult ceremony This is online Nagano Asahi Village 16th August 7:04

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While many people are refraining from returning home due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, in Asahi-mura, Nagano Prefecture, the adult ceremony held every year during the Obon holiday is being used online so that new adults who have not returned to this year can participate. Held

In Asahi-mura, Nagano Prefecture, an adult ceremony is held every year during the Bon holidays, and this adult ceremony was held at the village hall on the 15th.

This year, in addition to 16 new adults gathered at the venue, 7 people who participated in the video conference format, including those who did not return home due to the spread of the new coronavirus and those who are not returning home, It was projected on the screen.

At the ceremony, Takeshi Nakamura, who participated online on behalf of the new adult, said, "Thank you for holding this event as the infection spreads. I am very happy to see the faces of my classmates."

At the venue, Yuta Izawa said, “I want to act responsibly as an adult and grow further.”

The group photo was taken with the screen inserted so that the online participants could be seen, and then the new adults warmed up their old relationship by reporting on each other's current status.

A new adult woman working in the prefecture said, "I didn't feel any strangeness online. I know that each person is dreaming, so I will do my best to work harder."