The beginning of May has 3 consecutive national holidays, together they are called Golden Week. Before coronavirus hit this would of been one of the busiest holiday times. Most people don't take holidays even if it is in their contract. To help out the tourist industry the government has made a lot of national holidays. Almost every month will have at least one day holiday. So banks, post offices, city halls, etc are closed, most offices close and of course schools are closed. Because of the sudden increase in coronavirus cases in Tokyo, Osaka and Hyogo most people will have opted to stay home this year. I've never gone anywhere on Golden Week as the lines for everything are just crazy. I have thought of going back to the UK but the prices are almost 3 times more than usual!
So Golden Week this year started with Hannah's birthday. 19 years old. She got spoilt, as always. I gave her a necklace and ordered a printer for her. The boys got her games and books. And of course we had a lovely dinner courtesy of David, three kinds of fired chicken and sashimi!
The rest of the holiday is being dedicated to cleaning. I need to do as much as possible this month because I know that after June and the rainy season it will be too hot and humid to do more than the basics. I really don't like summer here!
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| Hannah's cake, tasted better than it looks |
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| David's creation, ginger pork on a bed of lettuce with tomato and |
avocado!
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| Fluffy sulking |
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| Lion King? |
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