Coronavirus continues constraining daily life in Tokyo, less at “lockdown” levels and more at “a million inconveniences incurred and natural rhythms forgone”, probably magnified at certain people/businesses/etc. It’s a holiday weekend. Shops at ~30% usual capacity (by eyeball).
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My family is skipping hanami season (cherry blossom watching parties), which a) rounds to unthinkable and b) appears to be majority decision among other moms at school, since parks are high-density and (people are quieter about this factor) filled with foreign tourists.
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My wife spent the night price comparing options on taking a taxi cross country to get out of Tokyo and visit her mother for a few weeks, worried about the kids here. Cross country taxi not train or plane due to perceived infection risk.
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Replying to @patio11
Wow, that’s a little extreme. Would the taxi even drive you that far?
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Replying to @sleepy_keita
To Nagoya? My impression is "Yes, but it will cost you."
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Replying to @patio11
I got interested so I did some searching. This person claiming to be a driver says that they would decline unless you reserved in advance.https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1415485324 …
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On basis of prior experience I think a call to the friendly-neighborhood-taxi-company probably does successfully accomplish this transaction contingent on them being normally operating that day, though I haven't had to try it in the going-from-Tokyo direction.
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