It has been about three weeks since I posted about Tokyo in the time of Corona. Like a living proof of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, it feels as if it has been a year. The anti-Corona measures that Japan imposed seemed startling to some when I wrote my piece; those same measures are now drops …
Near to my house, by the Tobu-Nerima train station, there is a tiny standing bar with space for maybe six people. It is a jolly, drunken spot. If you walk in the door, you are welcomed, no matter who you are. People either try to speak to me with whatever English they have or they …
There is no toilet paper in Tokyo. We are living in the age of the global Covid 19 Pandemic. When news first started spreading in January that there was a weird, new virus developing in China, I could not figure out if Japan was concerned. Things seemed pretty normal. And then…BAM!! Everything changed. Facemasks sold …
