A closing ceremony was held at Kamikochi in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, the gateway to the Northern Alps, marking the end of the tourist season.
The closing ceremony was held on the 15th at the foot of the Kappa Bridge in Kamikochi, attended by business operators such as lodging and tourism. Did.
This season, in April, the slope of the only prefectural road that leads to Kamikochi collapsed, and the opening festival was canceled. I've been affected.
On the other hand, the number of people visiting Kamikochi by the end of October is over 820,000, an increase of more than 340,000 from 2021, according to Matsumoto City, due to the fact that summer vacation has not been restricted for the first time in three years. So, it means that it has recovered to about 70% of the 2019 season before the spread of the new corona infection.
Koichiro Aoyagi, head of the Kamikochi Tourism and Ryokan Association, who hosted the ceremony, said, "Although the festival was not held and the volcanic alert level for Mt. Yakedake was raised, we are grateful that so many people came. I want to prepare so that you can enjoy it," he said.
The road leading to Kamikochi will be closed until mid-April 2023.