[1st] It's the start of 2022!

This year, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, celebrating the year 2022. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, I think you are enjoying "Ohanami" in various forms.
In the past two years, I would like to thank the residents of the ward, including the business operators, for their cooperation in various self-restraint and vaccination as a countermeasure against COVID-19 infection.
We are still unable to take care of the measures to prevent infection, but I feel that it will be a year to recover local and social activities, with the end of the period of priority measures such as prevention of spread, being aware of new lifestyles.
Midori Ward is a city full of charm that is kind to everyone, where the warm "connections" of local people live in rich nature. This is a property that has been carefully nurtured by the continued activities of the inhabitants of the ward.
All the staff will continue to work on creating a town where you can protect this property, live and want to continue living in 2022. Thank you very much.

Source in the photo: Midori-ku, Yokohama City Photo Archive / CC BY 4.0 (outside site)　※Excluding "Sakura at Prefectural Shikinomori Park"

April, 2022
Hiroo Okada, Mayor of Midori