The annual “Lake Biwa Opening” was held in Otsu City to announce the start of the spring vacationer season.
Every yr, the Otsu City Tourism Association and others maintain the “Lake Biwa Opening” to hope for the protection of vacationers and sightseeing boats.
For the primary time in three years, the variety of attendees returned to nearly the identical scale as earlier than Corona, and a lot of vacationers additionally gathered.
At the ceremony, actor Mahiro Takasugi, who performs the heroine, a college senior, within the NHK TV drama sequence “Maiagare!”, was appointed captain of the sightseeing boat for the day.
Mr. Takasugi stated, “There are still many things to be careful about with the new corona, but I hope everyone will be able to enjoy themselves at Lake Biwa.”
After that, Mr. Takasugi rang the gong to sign the departure thrice, and 30 ships, together with sightseeing boats and cruisers, went offshore and paraded Lake Biwa.
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