Un-welcome signs for hopeful tourists

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In Japan, it is "Golden Week", a week in which a number of holidays fall, so many people go to their "furusato" (home town) or sightseeing. However, this year there are no welcoming signs. It is being called "Stay Home week" by the government. Nonetheless, there are some folk who think they will be alone if they go sightseeing now. Driving into some prefectures, there are roadblocks saying "If you are not from here, turn around now and go home." They even have a convenient U-turn place for cars to go around. Bicycle riders found a sign on the entrance to a quiet mountain trail: "This is not the time for you to ride a bicycle. It is a time for you to go home. Go home now." It is so very unlike Japan to be unwelcoming, but right now the virus is definitely not welcome anywhere in the country and they are trying their hardest to keep foolish people from bringing their city coronavirus to the country. I hope it works. In spite of that, there have been a lot of people out in parks and such, and they should know better. As our governor Ms. Koike says, "In two weeks we will know how well everyone did on stay-home week." If you are not in lockdown, can you travel to nearby cities and prefectures (states)?