Sumiye Ikeda

Writing a journal of a life in time of Covid 19 from a little corner of Japan

Sumiye Ikeda

Writing a journal of a life in time of Covid 19 from a little corner of Japan
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The years from 2019 to 2021 saw something unexpected for people around the world. In the beginning, no one would have expected this pandemic - later called Covid-19 - to last long, and would give serious influence to our lives.   My life

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    • Mid-Autumn Festival 2021 (Jugoya)

      Mid-Autumn Festival– or, rather know as Otsukimi (Moon viewing) - is on its way in Japan once again this year on 21st September, 2021. The full moon on 15th August in Chinese calendar is called “Chu-shu no Meigetsu” (中秋の名月：Beautiful moon

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      • Red Spider Lily, or Higan Bana ( Manjushage)

        Recently, the third week of September is becoming to known as “Silver week” in Japan. The reason is that there are two national holidays in the third week. In Japan, a week with consecutive holidays in May is known as “Golden week”. So th

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        • Sours - chilled cocktails in Japan

          The summer 2021 in Kanto area in Japan was, as always, very hot and muggy. Refreshment in the evening was something to look forward to. Especially during COVID, choosing drinks became more fun compared to pre-COVID19 days. One of the popu

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          Food service industry during COVID days

          “We are closed again due to the State of Emergency” Says the notice at my ex-colleague’s restaurant. One of my old colleague from the travel company is a manager of a delightful Yakitori (Skewered grilled chicken) restaurant in Sangen-Jaya

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          Food service industry during COVID days

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          Staying positive being unemployed during COVID19

          Our neighbour’s cat came to our garden for an afternoon nap. He has his favourite spot underneath the cherry tomato cage. The roses were in bloom and lavenders were budding. It was fine day, the weather was warm and dry, and everything seem

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          Staying positive being unemployed during COVID19

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          Roppongi Murakami Takashi art project

          One of the things which many of us missed during the COVID restriction might be a chance to go out and see arts and entertainments. I had a chance to go to Roppongi in the spring of 2021. Before going there, I vaguely heard about the name

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          Roppongi Murakami Takashi art project

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          Hidden Gems at Yokohama Station

          The COVID state of emergency was lifted in the Kanto region of Japan at the end of March 2021. People gradually went out more often, and on the surface level the life seemed to be returning to normal – except that people were wearing face m

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          Hidden Gems at Yokohama Station

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          COVID19 - the third wave in Japan

          The State of Emergency was once again declared on 8th January until 7th February in Kanto region in Japan. Areas like Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba once again needed to follow the government’s request to restrict the unnecessary and no

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          COVID19 - the third wave in Japan

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          Today's Phrase "scrumptious"

          scrumptious : 美味しい Similar to delicious, but more delectable. "This is home-made rhubarb jam. Scrumptious !" 

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          Today's Phrase "scrumptious"

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          Today's phrase : variant

          Variant （変異種） A variant of a particular thing is something that has a different form to that things, although it is related to.  "A new, potentially more infections variant of the novel coronavirus" "The guagga was a strikingly beautiful

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          Today's phrase : variant

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          The Easter 2021 and the Easter book club during COVID-19

          March came. The number of COVID-19 patients now seemed to be under control. Somehow, people seemed to have got used to the situation. One of the thing I noticed during COVID days is that we were not good at keeping social distance. The queu

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          The Easter 2021 and the Easter book club during COVID-19

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          Nature note - a Little hanami in neighbourhood

          Spring in Japan comes quite sudden. From chilly and gloomy grey winter, the season suddenly changes with many flowers blooming day by day. I have been mostly living in Kanagawa Japan and been through the change of season many times, but the

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          Nature note - a Little hanami in neighbourhood

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          Today's phrase : Suss... out

          suss it out : 理解する If you suss a person or situation, you realize or work out what their real character or nature is. 1 ) It took nearly a year of confusing corresponding but finally ( I ) sussed it out. 2) They are sussing out the area

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          Today's phrase : Suss... out

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          Lunch in Yokohama, Japan

          One afternoon in February, I met one of my friend in Yokohama for a lunch. It was just the day after I turned down a job offer from an organization in Tokyo. I initially informed my friend a good news of being offered a position. However,

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          Lunch in Yokohama, Japan

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          Having some fun during COVID-19 winter season

          The state of emergency continued on in Kanto area, Japan. I carried on with my job hunt since I left the travel company in September 2019, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The winter in Japan is quite cold and gloomy. Since the outbreak of

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          Having some fun during COVID-19 winter season

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