Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the scale of memorial events for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake has been shrinking one after another, and the sponsoring organizations are proceeding with preparatory work while paying attention to infection control measures.
Of these, in the Uozaki district of Higashinada Ward, Kobe City, where more than 200 people died, locals are holding a memorial service on the morning of January 17, due to the illness of the earthquake.
About 200 people participated every year, but due to the spread of the infection, we decided to reduce the scale, and in the preparatory work that started on the 15th, we reduced the number of chairs installed at the venue to 18, which is half of last year. ..
In addition to eliminating the exhibition corner for photographs taken at the time of the earthquake, we will stop serving tea and sweets and shorten the staying time of participants.
Mr. Hirohisa Nakata, the organizer, said, "We are calling for participation widely every year, but we are refraining from doing so. Still, it is an important event to mourn the dead and raise awareness of disaster prevention, so we will hold it with proper measures. I said.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the memorial events for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake have been canceled and the scale has been reduced one after another. It has been reduced to 42.
It also means that many of the events that will be held will take measures such as shortening the holding time.