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New adults leaving the venue after the adult ceremony = Yokohama Arena in Kohoku Ward, Yokohama City
With the spread of the new corona virus, emergency declarations have been issued to 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, and while adult ceremonies have been postponed or canceled one after another On the 11th a ceremony for adults was held after measures exhaustive measures against infection by increasing the number of places and times. 15,307 people attended.
The ceremony, which takes place twice at one location each year, takes place four times at each of the two locations, for a total of eight times, cutting the time to less than half, 15 minutes. The large-scale view of the place repeatedly called for “Let’s abstain from dinner.”
Mayor Fumiko Hayashi was scheduled to receive her at one of the venues, Yokohama Arena (Kohoku Ward), but she was absent because she was hospitalized on the 10th for herpes zoster treatment. Shinya Koibuchi, the superintendent of education, read the congratulatory message and said, “I believe that we can believe and support each other only by directly exchanging words and joining our hearts.”
Masataka Mizuki (19) = Kanagawa Ward =, an office worker who rushed to attend the Pacifico Yokohama North (Nishi Ward) ceremony elsewhere, said: “I was worried that the number of infected people would increase and I could really last until the day”. I want to be an adult who can act. “
Mizuki Takahashi (19) = Hodogaya Ward, a university student who spent time with friends outside the venue during the ceremony, said: “I don’t like the density, so I decided not to go into the venue. I’m glad to meet my friends. I’ll go home without eating. “
Around the venue, there were scenes where people were flooded and “dense” entering and leaving, and there were also scenes where police officers and staff shouted through loudspeakers: “Please proceed without stopping.” The city distributed the ceremony on the Internet for new adults who do not participate due to the risk of contagion. (Yohei Maruyama, Haruyasu Tsuchiya)
