Last Updated: Feb 17, 2023
Tokyo’s Great Fire of Meireki
Backyard Tourism Vol. 5
Note: This article was first written during the early months of the pandemic. The info about the destination is still solid though….
As I sit down to write this article in early April 2020, Tokyo is on the verge of a city-wide lockdown due to the coronavirus. While we have yet to go completely over the proverbial falls here in Japan, a drastic intervention is looking more and more like a necessity. Though there are indeed many constitutional challenges that prevent the government from decreeing a draconian shelter-in-place mandate, the pressure to do something is burgeoning. It remains to be seen what course Japan will take to combat the global pandemic however one thing I can confidently say for sure is that my opportunities to travel are now all but eradicated for the foreseeable future.
Alas, just because I am going to be grounded for the next few weeks (or even months), doesn’t mean that I am excused from providing readers with consistent content. After all, there will come a time when these dark days pass and we can all go back to enjoying Japan. Moreover, with people all over the globe on…
