Name: Tokyo's Quasi Quarantine | Life in Japan Episode 48
Uploaded: 2020-03-28T09:21:43.000Z
Duration: 14 min 12 s
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The cherry trees are in blossom in Japan, and with it come a new way of life.

While things like school graduations still happen, masks and restrictions are in place to curb the spread of Corona.

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People are still able to enjoy some aspects of normal life though, such as our neighborhood restaurants and parks, but how much longer will that last?

It’s an early spring in Japan — but will there be an early end to Corona?

It’s all in this episode of Life in Japan.

All ready to go out and play in the falling snow!

Almost a month ago, public schools, events and conferences were cancelled in Japan.

Business people were encouraged to stay with their families and work from home.

Japan was one of the first countries to take decisive action to stop Corona from spreading.

But no one knew how effective it would be.

You're getting ready for your last day of youchien ever, huh? Yeah!

The super fun thing, I think, was doing my undoukai (sports day).

Well you'll do undoukai still in shyogakou (elementary)

OK careful, don't knock it over. Alright.

Are we about to take some pictures Sarah? Yes?

We are going to celebrate Sarah's graduation!

I chose to [go to] a pizza place that has a play place.

A pizza place with a play place — Shakey's pizza, huh?

Look! That one's all white... It's starting...

The other ones are budding, do you see any others?

These are starting to [bud]. Yeah, they're starting.

Oh, here's some white ones that are going.

So we're here at Yumiuriland, of course it's closed, but Shakey's Pizza is here, and it's still open.

So at least we're able to celebrate in this way.

We have a great video about Yumiuriland, so I'll leave a link and you can check it out if you want.

You guys getting your stuff? Oh, pasta, French fries — yummy! And all kinds of yummy pizza.

These soda machines are awesome. You can put in the lemon, or different flavors, or mix them all together as our kids like to do.

Great variety of pizza, salad, stuff... pasta...

Hello miss. This was a very good suggestion.

You're mixing it together, huh? It will be like a milkshake — yummy.

Oh, it's a beautiful day! It is a gorgeous day.

Like a bunny, feet together, feet together.

Walk backwards. Can you walk backwards? Oh, Joshua can.

Whoa, don't fall over! Spin, spin, turn around, spin!

There's two things that I did here. What did you do here?

And then number two, I had a picnic here with Rio chan.

Oh, that's fun. Yeah, and then we went into the water with each other.

Wow — look at this Sakura tree, guys. Take a picture of it.

Oh, let's play together? Oh, there they go!

While famous public spaces, landmarks, museums and arenas were closed these last couple of weeks,

neighborhood parks stayed open and people were free to move about.

But now, as corona lingers on and infections continue to rise, these generous concessions are in question.

This is so easy. It's like a mountain, huh?

Then you'll have homework, you'll be in school longer, and you'll go with Becca and Anna to school.

These kids here set up there bikes so that it would be a net here while they play tennis.

All the cousins are here now — or a lot of them!

It's a nice warm spring day. It's a perfect day to do some spring cleaning.

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