Fireworks and Spring Festivities

The Governor of Shizuoka said today at the regular press conference:  “I hope to move our citizens’ moods from one of restraint after our heavy loss to one that encourages recovery.  As such, we will not cancel our annual spring festivals.  Fireworks and festivities are important for strengthening the bond amongst our citizens and we will conduct the spring festivities as we do every year, this year with the added mission of giving strength to the weary, offering a silent prayer with every firework that is launched into the sky.”

(Original Japanese Text)

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本日の知事定例記者会見。「自粛ムードを応援ムードに変えていきたい。祭りや花火は地域の絆を確かめるためのものでやめるべきではない。花火は一発一発に思いをこめて実施を。県のイベントは応援の意味を付加して実施していく」。