A state of emergency has been declared in Tokyo and Kansai, and a long holiday that requires a "stay home".

A variety of services are offered online and are gaining popularity in order to encourage those who "go to the nest" to spend even a little meaningful time.

Factory tour online

One of these is a service that provides children with a place to learn for free.

An education-related company in Tokyo started with this state of emergency.



The service leverages an online conferencing system to allow children to talk to the parties about a variety of jobs and experience science experiments that can only be challenged at school.



On the 28th, Chie Imai of Suginami-ku, Tokyo participated in an online course to tour the eraser factory with Keita, the eldest son and fifth grader.



At this factory, we make erasers with various designs such as animals and food, and Keita and his colleagues first observed the manufacturing process with a video and then came up with ideas on what kind of design would be good for making a new eraser.



Before the spread of the new coronavirus, Mr. Imai used to go home with his family to his parents' home in Ibaraki prefecture every year during the Golden Week holidays.



However, I have to give up returning home for the second consecutive year, and I have decided to use this service with my parents even during the Golden Week holidays.



Mr. Imai said, "I think my parents have a relatively high risk of infection, so I have to put up with going home for a while. I can't go on a trip or camp and it's stressful. But if I can experience this kind of thing online, I'm bored. I will be able to overcome it. "



According to the company, the number of registrants has more than doubled since the start of free provision of some courses in the wake of this state of emergency.



Rie Miura, president of "Kids Seeds," said, "Because you can experience expanding the world while you are at home, I hope that you will be able to relieve the stress that you have accumulated in your long self-restraint life."

Feel like traveling

While people are calling for refraining from moving across prefectural borders, some services are gaining popularity as they allow you to experience the feeling of traveling online.



We provide travel information companies based in Chiba prefecture. This company sells an assortment of various specialty products from all over the country such as meat, fish and liquor.



However, users will not only receive the special product by mail, but will also be notified of the URL of the video posting site. When you access it, you can watch a video that introduces delicious ways to eat special products and recommended tourist attractions, and you can "simulate" your trip together with special products.



In a video introducing Shishi Island, a remote island in Nagashima Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, local fishermen introduce the island's specialty yellowtail and Thailand, as well as seaside spots where you can see beautiful sunsets.



Originally, this company provided a service to propose travel plans, but due to the sharp drop in travel demand due to the corona disaster, this service was launched in April last year in collaboration with roadside stations, local governments, and tourist associations. I started.



After this state of emergency was issued, the number of users of this service increased by about 30% to 40%.



Kotaro Kai, CEO of "Orange," said, "I am pleased that the system not only makes users feel like traveling, but also turns the economy of the" destination ". I want you to refresh yourself as much as possible. "