In Okinawa Prefecture, where the infection of the new coronavirus is rapidly spreading, priority measures such as prevention of spread were applied from the 9th, and it was requested to shorten the business hours of restaurants.
The downtown area of the prefecture is not crowded, and restaurants have complained about its harshness.
Priority measures such as prevention of spread will be applied from the 9th, and Okinawa Prefecture requires restaurants to open until 9:00 pm for restaurants certified by the prefecture and until 8:00 pm for other restaurants. ..
In the downtown area of central Naha, which is usually crowded with many people, some stores were canceled while short-time business was requested, and the number of people was low on the night of the 9th.
A woman in her 40s in Nanjo City, who came out of a restaurant, said, "I wanted to stay a little longer, but I'm going home because the store will be closed. I'll try not to go out much from now on."
Also, at the izakaya that has been certified by the prefecture, the staff started cleaning up after 8 pm, closed the business before 9 pm and closed the shutter.
And after 9 pm, the lights went out from most of the shops in the area, and the area was quiet.
The man who owns the izakaya said, "It's a fixed thing, so I have to put up with it, but I want to open a little more and it's a pain."