春の乾通り、４年ぶり公開　感染対策取り桜楽しむ―宮内庁

　皇居・乾通りの春の一般公開が２５日、始まった。新型コロナウイルスの影響で、２０１９年春以来４年ぶり。宮内庁は感染対策として検温や、近距離で会話する際にはマスクを着用するよう呼び掛けた。４月２日まで。
　一般公開は１４年以降、桜と紅葉の見頃に合わせて例年実施。コロナ禍で２０年春から中止となっていたが、昨年は秋の一般公開が３年ぶりに行われた。
　今回は皇居・坂下門から入り、約７５０メートル離れた乾門で退出。乾通りにはソメイヨシノやベニシダレなど計１０３本の桜が植えられており、あいにくの雨となる中、訪れた人は思い思いに眺めて楽しんだ。
　事前申し込みは不要で、入場時間は午前９時～午後３時半。詳細は宮内庁ホームページまたはテレホンサービス０３（３２８４）６７８０まで。（2023/03/25-10:00）

Inui Street at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was opened to the public Saturday amid the cherry blossom season, the first such move since 2019 after visits by ordinary people were canceled in the past three years due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
   The general public is allowed to visit the street until April 2, with no advance reservation required. It is open between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day.
   Visitors are asked to enter Inui Street from the Sakashita Gate and exit through the Inui Gate, about 750 meters away from the entrance. A total of 103 cherry trees are planted along the street.
   The Imperial Household Agency is calling on visitors to take COVID-19 countermeasures, such as checking body temperatures as well as wearing face masks when having close-range conversations.
   The agency started to open the street to the public in 2014, during the spring cherry blossom and autumn foliage seasons, but had put it on hold since the spring of 2020 because of the novel coronavirus crisis. The autumn public viewing restarted last year.