welcome back to Tokyo

I'm down here for a couple days to do my monthly

packing for my stationery business with

my business partner Ushka!

Or I would be

if she hadn't tested positive for COVID yesterday,

but luckily Ushka's house is divided into two

there's the airbnb area down here where I always stay,

and her house is separate

so Ushka is currently quarantining in her house at the moment

and I won't get to see her this trip at all,

which is a bummer but luckily

because her house is separated I could

still come here and get our work done for our business

so here in Japan when you test positive for COVID

the government actually sends you a free

care package so that you can stay inside

your home and you don't need to go out

for groceries so that's what these

three giant boxes behind me are this is

her care package that just arrived

I got the delivery for her and she's kindly

enough allowed me to open it for you

guys and show you what's inside what you

get here so there were some posts going

around on twitter and instagram that

went kind of viral and everyone was kind

of confused as to how the Japanese

government free care package system worked

these aren't for anybody that's just quarantining so when

I came back from my trip overseas and I

had to quarantine in my house for two weeks

I wasn't eligible for one of these

but if you've tested positive you are

eligible for one of these you just need

to contact your local health center and

apply for it and they will have somebody

come deliver it to your house

supposedly there is one week's worth of food inside here

I'm very curious to see what kind

of things they have sent the packages

are quite large so let's open them up

and see what's inside

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oh wow

all right so the first thing we have is

two packs of caramel corn these are

a really sweet treat with roasted peanuts

in them I do like these

these caught my eye these are really

yummy they're kind of like

an energy bar like a quick snack to take

on the go you can get these at the

conbini they're made from soy this is

strawberry and this is the chocolate and

almond version ooh next we have some

tarako spaghetti sauce tarako is a cod

roe I believe

and some pasta to go with it this is

like the most popular brand of pasta at

the supermarket so they haven't cheaped

out here they've given us the good stuff

green tea with

some matcha powder in it

50 bags very generous

oh i've never seen these before these

are

liquid

calorie mate so calorie mate is like an

energy bar it's kind of like a meal

replacement bar they have quite a few

calories in them and they're supposed to

just be something you can quickly eat on

the go that has some vitamins and

minerals in it and I guess these are the

liquid version we've got

café au lait and fruit mix flavor don't

know what those taste like the bars

themselves are pretty good though so

probably pretty yummy five six of those

six cans of those next we've got some

tanuki

tempura soba

another famous brand lots of fruit

jellies

five fruit jellies jelly with chunks of

fruit inside

beans

mixed beans I think these are cooked you

can just eat them as is

two packages of those

chicken daikon chicken and radish this

is like a

pre-cooked meal dish that you just need

to microwave or boil in hot water

little packages of salad dressing

don't know

what they expect you to eat those with

I don't think they give you any fresh

produce in these packs we will see in

the next box

oh another fruit jelly that makes six

and a can of mixed fruit

four harusame soup noodles this one is

egg flavor and this one is seaweed and

vegetable

oh green dakara this stuff is really

good this is kind of like a sports drink

to replace any minerals you've lost from

sweating a lot very common to drink this

when you're sick so it's nice that they

give you a bottle of this another can of

mixed fruit two bottles of vegetable

juice that looks very tomatoe-y

not my favorite hopefully Ushka likes

tomatoes more than I do and some more

ready meals this is oyakodon

it's a traditional japanese dish with

eggs and chicken and you put this over

top of rice and this is chukadon which

means like chinese rice bowl so it's

kind of like a chinese style dish

these are ready to eat you just need to

heat them up you could eat them cold if

you wanted to but highly recommend

microwaving them and that is it for the

first box let's see what's in the second

one

oh this one comes with some

pamphlets so this is a guide for

quarantining while you have the

coronavirus it's quite extensive

wow

the Japanese Government also offers to

send you a pulse oximeter if you want to

measure your oxygen levels Ushka was

feeling not too bad so she didn't opt

for that but if you would like one they

will send one with your food box for

free this is amazing so this is a list

of every single item that's included in

these boxes and all the allergens that

are included in each product

that is very kind of them all right

let's see what's inside wow again lots

of very interesting stuff

starting off with some kanten kaisou sarada

so this is seaweed salad I think you

just need to add some water to this and

it rehydrates I've never had this before

actually but it looks kind of good this

looks like something that would be great

for when you're not feeling too good a

ginger vegetable soup with barley and

soybean meat might be vegetarian

actually

two more soups this one's minestrone

okayu I thought I would see some of

this in there so

back home our traditional

when you have a cold get better food is

chicken soup here in Japan it is okayu or

rice porridge so

they have sent six packages of okayu

this one is ume flavor plum flavor and

this one is just a plain rice flavor so

you can add like veggies to these or

meat it's um a savory dish some more

instant noodle packs champon harusame

and

ume harusame noodles another version of

calorie mate

interesting fruity milk flavor

I didn't know calorie mate came in

jelly form looks like they have two of

each flavor two apple and two fruity

milk and two pocari sweat you guys

probably have heard of this

again this is a drink that you're

supposed to have after doing sports to

replace all your minerals electrolytes

some more instant noodles this is

kitsune udon udon with a deep fried tofu

pocket on top cookies

french butter cookies

some seasoning for your rice this is

goma shio sesame salt

lots of spaghetti sauces

arabiata this is like a spicy tomato

sauce

tappuri meat sauce just a regular

sauce

four of those I can't believe how much food

is in here it's endless

some more instant foods this is curry

and curry spicy curry and sweet curry

a package of miso soup there are 12

servings inside this is seaweed flavor

cans of tuna very nice

two more instant noodles

here's the main one that everybody wants

the rice there are 10 servings of rice

in here so this is supposed to be a

week's worth of food so

about a pack and a half a day a bottle

of pocari sweat to replace those

electrolytes and two bottles of iced

coffee

and that is it for the food boxes

and this is the

final box they give you

six two litre bottles of

mineral water

so that is everything here is a look at

everything all together

I am

so impressed with how generous they were

there's a lot of food here this is

supposed to be seven days worth of food

I would say this is more than enough for

seven days these calorie mate drinks are

supposed to be a meal replacement so

several meals just right there

amazing

well I hope that was interesting for you

guys I hope you're staying safe out

there let me know if your country does

anything like this I think this is

pretty awesome of the Japanese

Government to do it certainly helps you

out or else you'd be stuck inside and

it'd be kind of difficult to get food

for yourself without having to actually

go out to the grocery store so good on them

thanks so much for watching you guys I

will talk to you again very soon bye for

now

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