{"id":29836,"date":"2022-01-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=29836"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:46:04","slug":"thoughts-another-shop-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20220127\/blogs\/thoughts\/thoughts-another-shop-is-gone","title":{"rendered":"[Thoughts] I just realized&#8230; another shop is gone&#8230; I wish I had gone there more often."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-2059450315\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07703-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DSC07703-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DSC07703-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DSC07703-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DSC07703-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DSC07703.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A common story for restaurants. <br>Packed crowds before closing, but empty before the announcement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeing that makes me go &#8220;hmm?&#8221; It&#8217;s both gratifying and makes me wonder\u2014shouldn&#8217;t we be going regularly? <br>People are complicated, aren&#8217;t we? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since this coronavirus started, I haven&#8217;t eaten out at all. <br>I&#8217;ve completely cut it off, you could say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone&#8217;s different, so each person decides for themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when you suddenly notice &#8220;Oh! That shop has a &#8216;Space Available&#8217; sign,&#8221; it does feel a bit sentimental. <br>It&#8217;s kind of like when someone passes away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Oh, I can&#8217;t go there anymore&#8230;&#8221; <br>But with this coronavirus, there are pros and cons, and I think some people made bold decisions. <br>Some saw it as a chance to quit because of age, others because of the numbers, and some who couldn&#8217;t quit before because of social pressure. <br>People who thought &#8220;this is dangerous&#8221; and felt a push in the back, and now feel refreshed? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking around my area, it seems fewer shops have closed than I expected. <br>What I realized this time is that &#8220;people are more resilient than I imagined.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tabelog.com\/tokyo\/A1317\/A131701\/13056495\/\" title=\"There&#x27;s no punchline, but when I see a picture of grouper hot pot, I get cravings...\">There&#8217;s no punchline, but when I see a picture of grouper hot pot, I get cravings&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common story for restaurants. Packed crowds before closing, but empty before the announcement. Seeing that makes me go &#8220;hmm?&#8221; It&#8217;s both gratifying and makes me wonder\u2014shouldn&#8217;t we be going regularly? 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