Poster in front of a local izakaya (that has been closed for a few months): "Don't turn off the lights in the izakaya #Corona Self-restraint [i.e. following the rules during quasi-states of emergency, states of emergency and post-states] is compensated [by the government if the shop applies/complies] - Save tavern culture" - brought to you by the Japanese Communist Party

Click here for a pdf of the poster: https://www.jcp.or.jp/web_download/2021/07/post-700.html

This is a part of "Overcoming the Corona Crisis, Peace of Mind and Hope for Living-The Japanese Communist Party's New Economic Proposal."
URL (in Japanese): https://www.jcp.or.jp/web_policy/2021/09/post-886.html

If you search for the hashtag (#コロナ自粛には補償を), it will take you to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's "New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Response Leave Support and Benefits"
URL: (in Japanese): https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/kyugyoshienkin.html

Save the izakaya! Save the tachinomiya!

秋祭 / Fall Festival 2021 (pt.2): canceled again due to COVID-19; the shrine elders gather in the afternoon for the yudate (boiling water purification) ceremony - raw video data and photographs

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秋祭 / Fall Festival 2021 (pt.1): canceled again due to COVID-19, but a few of us got together in the morning to drag the danjiri out of storage and clean it for the the first time in two years; it was good to see my friends again and participate in other activities at the shrine in the afternoon (to be continued...)

Last year: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2020/10/no-fall-festival-this-year-danjiri.html

All you need to know about the fall festival through the years! SPECIAL MULTIMODAL BONUS RESOURCES AND PHOTOS FOR「Neighborhood Autumn Festival in Japan: A Multimodal Visual Ethnography and Performance: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2020/05/special-multimodal-bonus-resources-and.html

Midnight Presentation (2)

Original images from: https://www.netflix.com/jp-en/title/80113037

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「Tenbun’s Last Call: Drinking Establishments in Japan Before and During COVID-19」@ New York Conference on Asian Studies 2021, Oct. 1-2

Midnight Presentation

Original image from: https://www.netflix.com/jp-en/title/80113037

「Tenbun’s Last Call: Drinking Establishments in Japan Before and During COVID-19」@ New York Conference on Asian Studies 2021, Oct. 1-2