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Originally Posted by CETokyo
The highlight of my day was going to the local liquor shop looking for bottled water which is sold out everywhere in our area. I asked the shop master if he had any bottled water and he said no but as the only other customer in the shop left he quietly said Chris-san you are a good/special customer so here is a box of water I had in the back room.
It made me proud to know that my local liquor shop master thinks of me as a good customer - hahaha.
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^Haha awesome. You must be able to handle your sake.
My wife was able to fill up the car with gas today, but had to leave an hour before the station opened this morning and waited in line just over an hour. Most of the stations in town are empty. We only have a little K-car that can pretty much run on fumes if need be so we should be ok. We'll be breaking out the bikes a lot more than usual for a while.
The local grocery store had stocked shelves, and we also went there and waited in line about 30 mins before opening time. They were stocked but some items like rice, bread, and bottled water sell out really fast. They also had a per family limit on many items. The local 7-11 though is looking barren. No instant ramen, very few bread items, and the lunchbox shelves are empty.
The JR Tokaido line is the only train line running through Hiratsuka. It was apparently not opened again today last I heard, but may have been running for very brief periods. I can only imagine the havok it's causing for people's work schedules. So many people in Tokyo and the surrounding areas rely on the trains for transit to and from work. A lot of people have been trying to bus it, but there are only so many buses and they fill up very quickly.