Since the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has restricted the number of people and the length of stay from the 21st, the liquor wholesale companies have been receiving orders one after another and are busy with shipping work, as they are allowed to serve liquor at restaurants.

At Sasaki Liquor Store, a liquor wholesaler in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, which supplies liquor to about 3,000 restaurants, faxes and telephone calls for alcohol orders from business partners have been received one after another from the night of the 18th. ..



On the 19th, all the delivery trucks, which had been reduced in number, were put into operation, and from the morning employees loaded draft beer barrels, sake, bottles of shochu, etc. into the trucks and shipped them to restaurants. ..



Sales of this company have fallen sharply since late April when a request to close the liquor store was requested, but the night of the 18th, when the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it would accept the liquor service, has been for the past month. It means that there were about four times the daily average of orders.



Currently, we are responding by increasing purchases by about 20%, but in the future we would like to adjust the amount of arrivals while observing the recovery of customer traffic at restaurants.



President Minoru Sasaki said, "There have been a series of orders, and the employees have been enthusiastic for the first time in a long time. I had never had the experience of not being able to serve alcohol, but I think I was able to take a step forward even though there were restrictions. The situation will not change, so I would like the country to provide various support for the survival of the company. "

Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto is quiet

In the tourist spots of Kyoto City, which will shift to priority measures such as prevention of spread from the 21st, the number of tourists is still small and quiet.



In seven prefectures such as Kyoto, the state of emergency will be lifted on the 20th, and the period from the 21st to the 11th of next month will shift to priority measures such as prevention of spread.



In response to this, on the 18th, Kyoto Prefecture made Kyoto City a target area for "priority measures", and the business hours are until 8:00 pm for restaurants, etc., and the provision of alcoholic beverages is until 7:00 pm after taking infection control measures. I decided to request that.



Around Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, which is usually crowded with many tourists, there were few people coming and going on the 19th of the weekend, and many souvenir shops and restaurants were seen on the sticker indicating temporary closure or closure.



Tomohiro Kanda, who is the chairman of the local shopping district association and runs a bamboo craft shop, said, "I was hoping that if the declaration was lifted, it would be lively, but since it will only switch to light measures, no one will come back. I'm afraid I can't help but I'm sorry. "

The voice of Fukuoka city

The state of emergency issued to Fukuoka Prefecture will be lifted on the 20th, and from the first Monday of the week, it will shift to "priority measures such as prevention of spread".



Under these circumstances, there were voices in Fukuoka City that they would like to continue to be careful about infection control.



A man in his 60s said, "I'm happy to lift the state of emergency, but I'm still worried because I don't know what the infection will be. I'd like to refrain from drinking outside even if alcohol is available." ..



In addition, a woman in her thirties with children said, "It was difficult to reach during the declaration, so I would like to take my child to a park or zoo. Even if it is released, there is no change in acting with caution against infection. That's it. "



On the other hand, a woman in her twenties said, "I think it's better to continue the declaration until the number of new infections approaches zero. It's painful, but I think it takes patience."



In addition, a man in his twenties who is doing event-related work said, "The new coronavirus is not over, so I think I'm still stuck. There are people who are in trouble because they have no other job. I think I want to cooperate, "he said.