The streets are so quiet that I let my dog out even in the daytime (he comes back eventually - usually; the police know him quite well). Kumanichi wrote about the shuttered Kamitori and Shimotori arcades. Below is a Google translation (I like that single word: lament).
An emergency declaration was issued nationwide to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and on the 18th, the first weekend, even in Kumamoto prefecture, the resorts and shopping districts of various places were quiet due to the refraining from going out. In the downtown area of Kumamoto City, the number of shops that are closed or closed is increasing, and shoppers wearing masks are walking quickly.
Ite Shimodori arcade with less crowds than usual weekends. Takashi Chisato, managing director of Takasugi Watch Jewelery Store (42), who has a store, said, “The number of pedestrians has decreased from March, and it has decreased dramatically in April. Today is 70 to 80% less than usual weekends.” Lament. A 20-year-old male student in Higashi-ku, said that he had come to buy contact lenses.
Even in the Utsudori arcade, there are noticeable stores that post notices that business hours will be shortened or temporary holidays will be taken. A woman (34) from Otsu, who works at a clothes store, bought a takeaway coffee, saying, “Because of the time difference, I had to work from noon today.”
- William