御嶽山噴火６年で追悼式　コロナで縮小、犠牲者の冥福祈る―長野

　死者５８人、行方不明者５人を出した御嶽山（長野・岐阜県境、３０６７メートル）の噴火から６年を迎えた２７日、麓の長野県王滝村の松原スポーツ公園で犠牲者の追悼式が開かれた。遺族や地元関係者ら約６０人が参列。噴火時刻の午前１１時５２分にサイレンが鳴り、参列者が黙とうをささげた。
　追悼式は同村と同県木曽町が主催。今年は新型コロナウイルス感染防止対策の観点から、遺族らに積極的な参加を求めず、遺族代表のあいさつも中止となった。
　式では阿部守一長野県知事があいさつした。
　御嶽山は２０１４年９月２７日に噴火。登山者らが噴石の飛散などに巻き込まれた。王滝村は今年８月、王滝頂上までの登山道規制を解除。噴火後初めて、山頂の剣ケ峰と合わせ二つの頂上に登ることが可能となったが、王滝頂上と剣ケ峰をつなぐ尾根「八丁ダルミ」の立ち入り規制が続いている。（2020/09/27-12:19）

A memorial service was held on Sunday for dozens of victims of the eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan six years ago.
   The ceremony, held in a park in the village of Otaki in Nagano Prefecture, was attended by about 60 people, including bereaved relatives and Nagano Governor Shuichi Abe. A siren was sounded at 11:52 a.m. (2:52 a.m. GMT), the exact time when the eruption occurred on Sept. 27, 2014, and the participants observed a moment of silence.
   This year, relatives of the victims and others were not encouraged to take part in the ceremony in light of the need to reduce the risk of novel coronavirus infection, and a speech by a representative of the relatives was canceled. The governor delivered a speech at the ceremony, hosted by the municipal governments of Otaki and the town of Kiso, also Nagano.
   The eruption of the 3,067-meter volcano, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, claimed the lives of 58 people and left five others missing.
   Last month, the Otaki village government reopened a trekking route leading to the Otaki peak of the volcano. As another route, leading to the Kengamine peak, was reopened in 2018, trekking to the two peaks is now possible. But the use of the trail linking the Otaki and Kengamine peaks is still banned.