Japan - Where the hell is everyone?
February 29th, 2020.
At this point, everyone knows this timeline. We were heading into our first lockdown for a virus that only was in the news. And my partner and I were on our way to Japan. We had a mind full of events. Baseball tickets. Sumo Tickets. Giant weird crowds. And none of it was there. But what remained was suprising. Places like Kyoto, which are normally hellscapes of crowds were manageable. The art island of Naoshima was completely dead. And everyone was wearing masks.
It was one of those times on earth that you got the chance to actually see things for how they were and not distracted by the amount of people next to you.
In particular I can’t stand busy tourist destinations. I’ll avoid entire countries to avoid this. Here’s a few of the images from our alone in Japan moment in time.