On the 7th, the departure ceremony for a junior high school school trip, which had been canceled due to the influence of the new corona, was held at JR Tokyo Station for the first time in three years.
At JR Tokyo Station, the departure ceremony for school trips has been held every year for more than half a century since 1965, but the school trips have been canceled one after another due to the spread of the new corona infection, and the holding ceremony has been postponed. Has been done.
On the 7th, the departure ceremony was held for the first time in 3 years with the participation of 6 public junior high schools in Chiba prefecture that departed for the Kansai area.
At the ceremony, on behalf of the students, Mr. Hirotsune Sasa of Noda Municipal Daini Junior High School said, "I want to feel the weight of the history of cultural properties in Kyoto with my own eyes. Thank you. "
Then, when more than 800 students boarded the reserved Shinkansen, JR Tokai station staff and others waved off.
The students said, "I want to enjoy the seniors who have canceled their school trip," or "I'm looking forward to seeing Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto."
According to JR Central, the number of Shinkansen reservations for the three-month school trip from April is about 740,000, which is more than 18 times higher than the same period last year, which was affected by the spread of the new corona. , Almost as usual.