A restaurant in Hirosaki City, which had been refraining from business due to the new coronavirus, is now beginning to resume business.

Currently, 27 people with new coronavirus infection have been announced in Aomori Prefecture, but no cases have been reported in Hirosaki City. Due to the national emergency declaration issued from April 17th to May 25th, many shops in the city have refrained from doing business or shortened their hours.

"Izakaya Mikunike" (Gendai Komachi, Hirosaki City, TEL 0172-34-8899), which decorates anime goods, resumed normal business from May 7. The takeout that started on April 1st was switched to a reservation system from May 18th, and now we are thoroughly ventilating, reducing the number of seats, and opening lunch.

The takeaway of the signature dish "Karaage" could sell 10kg a day, which contributed to the sales during the self-restraint period, but the owner, Noriyoshi Mikuni, said, "A few or three people a day in May. I'm pretty calm." "Take-out is just one of the emergency measures. You may need to support eating out and drinking this time."

The entertainment bar "Juhachiban" (Shin Blacksmith Town, TEL 0172-33-2771) closed on April 8 and is currently closed. Yutaka Odagiri, the owner of the shop, said he is aiming to resume operations in June. The store has a stage that imitates the stage of a quiz show, and the experience game of "quick press intro quiz" is featured. Some customers come from inside and outside the prefecture. “Our shop has a lot of customers who use the second party. If the first party isn't exciting, it's hard for the customers to enter,” Odagiri said.

To restart business, we will prepare a safety measure for customers by installing a store layout that protects the number of people and social distance, and a splash prevention sheet. "The current stage has a quiz seat for 5 people, but we are also considering creating a quiz stage for 1 person as a measure to prevent infection," says Odagiri.

Take-out, which was open only on Fridays and Saturdays, added a menu of donuts and cheese tea. We will prepare a seat "BEER TERRACE 18" for the outside drinking space and the rooftop and aim to open it in early June. Mr. Odagiri said, "There were a lot of people in the blacksmith town last weekend, and the number of stores opening stores is increasing."

The Scottish bar "BAR GLEN MORE" (TEL 0172-26-5338) in front of Hirosaki Station has resumed business from May 26th. Since it was closed on April 9th, it will be restarted for the first time in a month and a half. “I'm grateful that many regular customers have visited us since the first day of business resumption, but it's not a situation in which we can be happy,” said the owner, Shinya Yagihashi.

I took a leave of absence voluntarily in April, when the number of people in Hirosaki decreased. Mr. Yagihashi said, “I found out that an infected person was staying in Hirosaki, and the number of people was extremely reduced. There is concern about the second wave in the whole country, but in the case of Hirosaki, the population of the citizens when the first infected person appeared. I'm worried about my self-restraint to be thorough. The situation is changing every moment, so I can not do business with peace of mind."