Following the third state of emergency, a long holiday was called for refraining from moving across prefectures.

As a result of big data analysis of how many people moved, it was found that the number of people from Tokyo more than doubled last year and the number of people from Osaka nearly 1.8 times last year.

Movement of people in Tokyo and Osaka Analysis with big data

NHK used big data collected by NTT DoCoMo from mobile phone base stations in a privacy-protected manner to analyze the number of people who moved from Tokyo and Osaka during the five days from the 1st to the 5th of this month. ..

As a result, the number of people leaving Tokyo increased by 106% (2.06 times) compared to last year's Golden Week holidays, when the first state of emergency was declared.



In addition, the number of people leaving Osaka has increased by 77% (1.77 times) from last year.



On the other hand, compared to Otoshi, who had 10 consecutive holidays due to the "Kaigen" from Heisei to Reiwa, ▽ people from Tokyo decreased by 27%, and ▽ people from Osaka decreased by 41%.

So where did you go from Tokyo or Osaka?



The largest increase from last year was in Okinawa, where the number of people from Tokyo increased by 353% (4.53 times) from last year, and the number of people from Osaka increased by 341% (4.41 times) from last year.



In addition, the number of people visiting Yamanashi and Nagano from Tokyo and Osaka is increasing, and both have increased by more than 200% (more than triple).



In addition, many people from Tokyo visit Ishikawa and Toyama, where the Hokuriku Shinkansen runs. ▽ Ishikawa increased by 267% (3.67 times) from last year ▽ Toyama increased by 226% (3.26 times).



In this data analysis, none of the prefectures had fewer visitors from Tokyo or Osaka than last year.



Compared to last year's state of emergency, the difficulty of thoroughly staying at home has become clear again.



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not include people who have moved overseas *

Compare the daily averages from May 1st to May 5th / May 2nd to May 6th last year / April 27th to May 6th last year

State of emergency

On the 5th, the last day of the Golden Week holidays, the number of people at major locations in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto, where the third state of emergency was declared, has decreased from the time of the second declaration. However, it is more than double that of last year's first declaration.



NHK has issued a third state of emergency in Tokyo, where the IT-related company "Agoop" has issued a third state of emergency using mobile phone location information data collected in a form that does not identify individuals with the permission of the user. We analyzed the number of people in major locations in Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto.



The time analyzed is from 6 am to 6 pm during the day and from 6 pm to midnight the next day at night.

Decreased from the time of the second declaration

According to this, the number of people on the 5th, which was the last day of the Golden Week holidays, was lower than the average of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the period when the second declaration was issued.



The


rate of

decrease is

▽ 8% during the day and 6% at night near Tokyo Station ▽


23% during the day and at night near the Shibuya Scramble intersection



▽ 58% during the day and 54% at night near Osaka Umeda Station


▽ Kobe City 33% during the day and 32% at night near Sannomiya Station


▽ 24% during the day and 22% at night near Kyoto Station.

Significantly increased from the time of the first declaration

On the other hand, it has more than doubled compared to the average of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the period when the first declaration was issued last year.



The rate of increase is


▽ 172% (about 2.7 times) during the day and 170% (about 2.7 times) at night near Tokyo Station ▽


121% (about 2.2 times) during the day and 148% (about 2.2 times) at night near the Shibuya Scramble intersection. Approximately 2.5 times)



▽ 180% (approximately 2.8 times) during the day near Umeda Station in Osaka, 194% (approximately 2.9 times) at night


▽ 170% (approximately 2.7 times) during the day near Sannomiya Station in Kobe City, at night 193% (about 2.9 times)


▽ In the vicinity of Kyoto Station, it was 214% (about 3.1 times) during the day and 224% (about 3.2 times) at night.

Shinkansen limited express users more than five times last year

According to JR companies, the number of passengers on the Shinkansen and limited express trains during the Golden Week holidays has decreased by more than 70% compared to the same period before the spread of the new coronavirus, which is the second lowest since 1990, when records remain. However, it has increased more than five times compared to the same period last year.



JR companies announced the usage status of Shinkansen and limited express trains during the period including the long holidays from 28th to 5th of last month.



According to this, the total number of passengers on the Shinkansen and limited express trains was about 2.95 million, a decrease of 74% compared to the same period before the spread of the new coronavirus.



Compared to the same period for each company, ▽ JR West decreased by 78%, ▽ JR East and JR Tokai decreased by 73%, ▽ JR Hokkaido and JR Shikoku decreased by 72%, ▽ JR Kyushu decreased by 70%. I will.



According to JR, a state of emergency was declared nationwide last year, the lowest since 1990 when records remain, but the second lowest after that.



On the other hand, compared to the same period last year, each company has 5.1 times for JR Hokkaido, 6.2 times for JR East, 5.3 times for JR Central, 5.2 times for JR West, 3.6 times for JR Shikoku, and ▽ JR Kyushu. It increased by 7.1 times and 5.6 times as a whole.

Sky flight about 10 times last year

During the Golden Week holidays, the number of passengers on air flights in Japan exceeded 1 million, which was about 10 times that of last year when emergency declarations were issued nationwide, although it was significantly less than that of adults.



According to a summary of 11 major domestic airlines, about 1.08 million people took domestic flights during the 7 days from the 29th to the 5th of last month.



This is 10.3 times the same period last year, although it is significantly less than the approximately 3.98 million people who had 10 consecutive holidays.



Of these, the number of passengers on flights connecting Haneda Airport and Osaka Airport to China and Shikoku increased 16 times last year on ANA, 12 times on Japan Airlines, and on flights connecting ANA's Kyushu and Hokkaido. More than 11 times, ▽ The number of flights connecting Japan Airlines to Tohoku and Hokuriku has increased more than 9 times.



On the other hand, of the seven companies that operate international flights, only three still operate, and the number of people who used international flights during the Golden Week holidays increased 2.6 times last year, but the total of the three companies is about 20,000. It was a person.

Highway About twice as much as last year

Highway traffic during the Golden Week holidays decreased by more than 40% compared to the same period before the spread of the new coronavirus, but almost doubled compared to the same period last year.



According to highway companies, the average daily traffic volume on major highways nationwide was 28,900 during the period from April 28 to 5, including the Golden Week holidays.



It decreased by 43% compared to the same period before the spread of the new coronavirus, but it has almost doubled compared to the same period last year when emergency declarations were issued nationwide.



As for traffic jams, the number of traffic jams of ▽ 30 km or more was 6 times, and the number of traffic jams of ▽ 10 km or more was 92 times, both of which were about 10% to 20% of those of adults.



Expressway companies continue to stop applying holiday discounts to expressways nationwide until the 9th of this month, and are calling for refraining from unnecessary and unurgent travel.