Tokyo “New Normal” to June 19th:

Notes, observations, and candid shots from daily life around the Greater Tokyo Area in 2020: The Year of Coronavirus

Aaron Paulson
Pandemic Diaries
Published in
8 min readJun 19, 2020

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Discarded Face Mask; Tokyo Rural Suburbia June 2020 All photos ©Aaron Paulson. These pictures are available for use under limited license.*

This edition dedicated to the memory of Anthony “Booms:” Thanks for all the hospitality over the years, Tony. I’ll miss dropping by next time I’m in town… My stepdad misses you daily.

  1. Introduction

2. Journal

3. Diary

4. Zenblog: Corona Edition

5. Pictures

6. About the Author

1. Introduction

I am avoiding the worst of the daily news in Japan, America, and the world at large. This week’s diary is based is, well, you’ll see..

2. Journal

Number of New Cases in Tokyo: see the bar graph on the right-hand side of the Updates on COVID-19 in Tokyo page for daily cases in Tokyo (in the last week, generally trending up, to a high of 48 on June 15th)

Coronavirus outbreak updates from Kyodo News

Coronavirus Cases in Japan by Prefecture

Coronavirus in Japan Headlines, from The Japan News, Daily Yomiuri

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Tokyo expat teacher, librarian, mindfulness facilitator, writer, and photographer. Sometime Top Writer in Art, Travel, and Photography. @aaronpaulson