Residents of the Coronal Warrior Nursing Home visit a grave with a video Mie Suzuka August 14th 12:25
Although it is a tray during the spread of new coronavirus infection, residents are visiting the grave while watching a video of the grave at a nursing home in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, where restrictions on going out are imposed.
There are more than 30 senior citizens at the home for the elderly, "Miccaichi," in Suzuka City, but in order to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, we have restrictions on visiting family members and going out.
For this reason, for residents who cannot visit the Obon grave, we are projecting videos and photos of the grave taken by the family with a projector so that they can visit the grave while they are in a nursing home.
On the 14th, three female residents in their 80s and 90s put incense sticks and joined their hands toward the projected grave.
A 91-year-old woman said, "I'm really happy. It made me feel like I was visiting a grave."
Kazuyuki Matsubara, the director of the nursing home, said, "It's a simulated experience, but I would like you to feel like you actually visited the grave. Also, for those who can not go to the grave because the new coronavirus fits in, you can not go to the grave. I want to continue."