8 Things You Can Do During Mandatory Quarantine at Home in Japan
Worried about how to spend your time locked up at home? Here you have some ideas!
As many of you probably already know, there are currently 10 days of mandatory quarantine upon arrival in Japan. The positive part is that it has been reduced from 14 days to 10. The negative part is that depending on the country you are coming from, you’re going to have to spend 3 to 6 days in a hotel set up by the government.
I know the word quarantine doesn’t sound very good. Especially because in these last almost two years there are many people who have had to spend a lot of time locked up at home or without going out, and it starts to get tiring and you don’t see an end to the current situation. Just when you think that maybe we’re going to get out of all this with the help of vaccines, a new variant arrives that makes us go backwards. But there are also various activities you can do at home to make the time pass faster and more entertaining. Here are some of my suggestions from my experience doing the mandatory quarantine after entering Japan (up to two times).
1. Enjoy your hobbies
It’s something very obvious and classic, but one of the most pleasant ways to spend your quarantine is to enjoy some of your hobbies, whether it’s reading, watching series or movies, playing video games, writing, etc.
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2. Do exercise at home
Since you can’t go outside, a good activity can be to do some exercise at home. You can do it using the things you have at home or I for example have a small set of things that a friend gave me before leaving (a yoga blanket, a set of ropes, things to do push-ups, etc). This kind of things usually take up little space and are not very expensive, and as with the current situation there are some gyms that have strict rules or people who don’t want to go to places with many other people, it can also be useful to continue exercising at home after the quarantine. And if you have the Nintendo Switch and a TV, a more funny way to exercise is with the Ring Fit! 😆 I bought it last summer when I had to do a 14-day quarantine.