都内で人気のお花見「千代田さくらまつり」が中止に(20/02/26)

The famous cherry blossom festival "Chiyoda sakura festival" has been canceled (20/02/26)

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東京・千代田区は新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を防ぐため、千鳥ケ淵で毎年、行われている「千代田のさくらまつり」の中止を決めました。
Chiyoda ward, Tokyo decided to cancel the famous "Chiyoda sakura" festival that is held annually in Chidorigafuchi to prevent the new strain of corona virus from spreading.
桜並木がライトアップされるなど都内では人気のお花見スポットで、去年は10日間で約130万人が来場しました。
This is a famous cherry blossom viewing festival in Tokyo, where cherry blossom trees are lightened up, and last year, about 1.3 million people visited in 10 days.
今年は来月25日から12日間行われる予定でした。
This year, the festival is expected to take place in 12 days starting from the 25th next month.
区は狭い場所に多くの人が密集し、感染の可能性が極めて高くなるため中止に踏み切ったとしています。
Chiyoda ward said that, because many people gathered in a small area would increase the possibility of virus infection, they decided to cancel.

東京・千代田区は新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を防ぐため、千鳥ケ淵で毎年、行われている「千代田のさくらまつり」の中止を決めました。

行う

To perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out

決める

To decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one''s mind, to resolve, to set one''s heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix; to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing, to go through with; to always do, to have made a habit of; to take for granted, to assume; to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs

防ぐ

To defend (against), to protect, to prevent

拡大

Magnification, enlargement, expansion, amplification

中止

Suspension, stoppage, discontinuance, interruption

感染

Infection, contagion

区

Ward, district, section

毎年

Every year, yearly, annually

ウイルス

Virus; viral

東京

Tokyo

新型

New type, new style, new model, new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

コロナ

corona
桜並木がライトアップされるなど都内では人気のお花見スポットで、去年は10日間で約130万人が来場しました。

花見

Cherry blossom viewing, flower viewing

人気

Sign of life, human presence; humanity, humaneness

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

桜

Cherry tree, cherry blossom; decoy, fake buyer, shill; hired applauder; horse meat

並木

Roadside tree, row of trees

人

Person

去年

Last year

万

Many, all

ライトアップ

Illumination of bridges, buildings, trees, etc. at night, (architectural) floodlighting

日間

Time, days; daily interest rate

都内

Metropolitan area

スポット

Spot; spot advertisement, spot advertising; spot news; spotlight

来場

Attendance
今年は来月25日から12日間行われる予定でした。

行う

To perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

予定

Plans, arrangement, schedule, program, programme, expectation, estimate

今年

This year

来月

Next month

日間

Time, days; daily interest rate
区は狭い場所に多くの人が密集し、感染の可能性が極めて高くなるため中止に踏み切ったとしています。

場所

Place, location, spot, position; room, space; basho, wrestling tournament

可能

Potential, possible, practicable, feasible

性

Nature (of a person); sex; gender; -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy

中止

Suspension, stoppage, discontinuance, interruption

人

Person

感染

Infection, contagion

極めて

Exceedingly, extremely, decisively

区

Ward, district, section

狭い

Narrow, confined, small

高い

High, tall; expensive

多く

Many, much, largely, abundantly, mostly

密集

Crowd, close formation, dense