Ibaraki Prefecture's SOE Lifted

 Apparently, starting today, Ibaraki prefecture's state of emergency has been lifted. Kind of appropriate that it's today, given that it's a public holiday (specifically, the Emperor's birthday).
This means that restaurants can resume normal business hours, rather than the 8pm cut off time. Fortunately, this means my local gym can go back to finishing up at 9pm. However, while the number of cases has been decreasing throughout the country, I am concerned what will happen with the spring break, especially with all the hanami (Sakura viewing) that will be happening to signal the beginning of the new beginning for many students and new employees beginning their new jobs and whatnot. Given what happened during the winter break, that saw daily cases in Tokyo reaching over 1000, I am concerned that there could be a repeat of this three months on.