It's shit of the bull variety.
It's coronavirus toilet paper shortage bullshit!
Yesterday I wrote of the rumors spreading on social media. We saw news reports of people lined up for toilet paper in Tokyo then sure enough the little girl child and I went out to get kitty litter and kid's play clay (only the bare pandemic combatting necessities for us) and Whoa look't that! Toilet paper at the home store sold out.
Silly people.
Not much else to report from these parts; I pretty much took a break from watching news today. It's good to do from time to time to keep peace of mind in check methinks.
As luck would have it the local 函南桜 Kannami early blooming sakura festival wasn't canceled. It was far, far smaller today than in past years but still had taiko drummers and Shinto folk dancing seniors. We watched that, visited with some neighbors then bought some sakura mochi and pop at the little festival booths that were there braving the virus panic selling goodies. The mochi was a present for the mommy lady; we stopped to enjoy our bottles of pop under the blossoms on the way back. That was the highlight for me. A dad and his favorite little girl in the whole wide world sipping soda under blossoms. Perfect eternal moment bar none.
That's pretty much this day in coronavirus-panicked Nippon. I made up for lazing around on the sofa with a nice evening blossom run and some karate kata at my private dojo (the shrine atop nearby ShiroYama). Once home I farted around with iMovie. You can watch my not dwelling on cononavirus video of some nice moments of this day on Izu below.
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