so I was on skype this morning talking
to two friends who are coming to Japan
pretty soon as they're walking through
the list of things they want to do I'm
like that's closed
that's I'm pretty sure that's closed and
which inevitably led me down the rabbit
hole of looking at other stuff that's
cliff and it's it's a lot and I thought
it might be nice to share with you guys
so here we go
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disclaimer right at the beginning
because of the nature of this video I'm
not gonna monetize it or anything I just
want to do something maybe a little
informative a touch fun and we're gonna
kind of do this together you know I'm
gonna look it up as we go it turns out
all it's like it's like all of Japan is
closed at the moment up obviously that's
not the case but it really does feel
like that the first hint I got of this
was when I heard japan's Prime Minister
encourage all these schools to shut down
that that's already been talked about
and covered a link a podcast down below
but with the school closure you had all
these young kids going oh I'm gonna go
to Disneyland because schools closed no
you're not because Disney's closed both
Disneyland and Disney si have just
completely they're like no no we're not
we're not doing it we're just closing
our doors you're not getting in in fact
in Tokyo Station right now there are
announcements running talking about the
Disney closures as well as a couple
others in the area and Disney is not the
only amusement park that's closed their
doors pretty much all I believe all the
amusement parks have closed their doors
fuji-q highland has closed their doors
the robot restaurant has closed their
doors and at the heartbreak of many yes
the Ghibli museum has closed their doors
I wonder if there's date let me let's
let's take a peek and see if there's
dates all right I found a notice right
here it says February 25th to March 17
2020 pickets can be refunded with those
tickets are incredibly difficult to get
in the first place so if you were
impacted by that I'm sorry to hear that
looks like pretty much every single
museum space art gallery you you name it
is closed I found an article here that I
will linked down below that fully lists
all the museum closures and whatnot but
it makes sense because a few days ago I
stopped saying that indoor spaces are
the areas where the virus is most likely
to get passed from person to person
which makes sense with close quarters
and stagnant air and touching stuff and
whatnot in fact most of the gyms in and
around Tokyo as well sport centers have
just been shutdowns and honestly gyms
would be even worse because it's not
just the close quarters it's the
touching of the equipment and but it's
not just indoor things being closed in
fact
one of the things that caught my
attention with all this is articles
coming out saying that they are
cancelling some of the cherry blossom
festivals and obviously know this it
doesn't mean you can't still go and see
the cherry blossoms but they are gonna
be making changes not like they're gonna
go to the park and individually wrap
each one of the cherry blossoms so that
you can't see that's not gonna happen
but looking a little deeper what it
actually means it means that the things
that make the cherry blossom festivals a
festival like food vendors being outside
or the light up of the cherry blossoms
at night all of that is gonna be removed
people tend to lay out tarps and gather
with their friends it would be
interesting to see if they're still
gonna let people just do Halle me
sitting right there in the park or if
they're gonna stop those as well
can obviously still go to places like
Ueno Park or along the Mecca Megiddo
River I've always been an advocate of
the lesser crowded spots anyway so I'll
leave a video up here about three hidden
spots that are usually just empty it was
all mostly surprising to see the news of
the Sakura festivals being canceled
coming out there because Tokyo still
went ahead with the Tokyo Marathon oh
yeah they did adjust so that it was pro
athletes only which made the marathon a
lot smaller than it usually is but all
plated Japan take flak from China from
that one seems Chinese medicines were
not particularly impressed that among
everything going on right now that Japan
is still just like oh we're gonna do the
Tokyo marathon but looking at the
website that I linked down below it
seems the majority the cancellations are
only until it mid March at this point
who knows by the time you watch this it
could've been extended it could have
been completely changed some events will
still be going on just held behind
closed doors like the sumo tournament
which is a great thing to see if you
ever have a chance to go see sumo it's
gonna be held behind closed doors for
the first time since I think like 1945
so if you're hoping to catch a live sumo
match I'm sorry but you are you're out
of luck I think they're doing the same
thing with all professional baseball
matches as well it says here until March
15th
anyway never gone to a baseball game in
Japan this obviously doesn't mean that
you can't enjoy a trip to Japan right
now if you're anything like me
you get the most enjoyment out of just
exploring the back streets and finding
hidden little stuff the temples the
shrines all these hidden nooks and
crannies that are around Tokyo this just
gives you one more excuse to explore and
find stuff that you otherwise may not
have time to find because you'd be going
into all these places that are now
closed if the weather's nice I'd even
take it as an opportunity just to avoid
public transportation altogether rent
yourself a bicycle explore the city so
many of the hidden secrets and spots
that I have shared right here on this
channel with you have been simply found
by exploring the back streets early in
the morning or late at night when things
aren't open but I am going to link some
of these articles and websites and
whatnot in the description box down
below so that you have a chance to check
them obviously the situation is really
fluid and keeps changing but I wanted to
put a little bit of a PSA out there just
to say hey it is it is not business as
usual here in Japan right now there are
still lots of people on the streets
trains still get crowded lots of people
still going to work and a lot of people
are still coming on their Japan trip and
whether you are one of those people or
just somebody who is curious about the
situation I wanted to put this together
and share it with you either way I'm
glad we got this time together make sure
you stay healthy keep those hands clean
and you guys know I will see you again
real soon all right I think a lot of
people have probably clicked off the
video by this point so this gives us a
chance to hang out people who stick
around for these you are my favorite
people in the world oh boy I think yeah
I think I'm just gonna start hiding
little secrets in these like blue parole
sections at the end of the video and by
the way there there were there were
bloopers there's really windy outside
that is very distracting
but if you're gonna be here you can
still and go still and go back could you
see to my face I was like irritated with
myself for saying still and go you can
still end go
you can still and go to window park
that's what you
I should just retire right now just call
it a day this is this is why I don't
record first thing in the morning I just
sumo tournament is gonna be mmm alright
alright I'm gonna just restart this
whole clip speaking of hiding little
things in these videos if you're not a
part of the notification squad it's
totally up to you but I would I would
recommend turning on those notifications
at least for for 2020 that's all I'm
gonna say about it you fun fact I know
this shelf looks all business but it's
not this entire box right here isn't
opening that was a terrible idea
I got like 2009 2010 there is a shop
that had a going-out-of-business sale
and it was like all nerf stuff I just I
stocked up on all my I've got so much
and then when I went back to Canada at
the end of last year I was persuaded
into getting to the nerf rival series so
don't came back alright I have just been
playing around talking to you guys for
the last little while I should let you
wrap this up and put this video together
2020 is we we're gonna have a lot of fun
this year
Oh see you guys soon
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