At restaurants in the target areas of Tokyo, where the state of emergency has been lifted and priority measures have been taken to prevent the spread of alcohol, alcoholic beverages are served after limiting the number of customers.
Of these, at the izakaya in Shibuya, Tokyo, after taking measures such as alcohol disinfection and ventilation, we are resuming the provision of alcoholic beverages to a maximum of two people per group by 7:00 pm.
According to the store, after the reopening, many customers visit after 7 pm, and in many cases they have to refuse to serve alcoholic beverages, and sales are not as high as expected.
In addition, the number of people in the surrounding area has begun to increase even before the declaration was lifted, and I feel that more and more people are gathering at izakaya that are open until late at night and drinking on the streets.
Katsushi Ohno, general manager of the izakaya "Kureoru", said, "We are now able to serve alcoholic beverages, but the difficult situation continues. We are drunk at stores that are open until midnight and on the streets. There are some people, and I'm worried that the infection will not subside. I want the country to seriously consider infection control measures. "