“In April 2021, Kanade is eating takoyakis outside.”

Trit said:
“In April 2021, Kanade is eating takoyakis outside.”

I can only assume that she's in a parallel universe that this pandemic never existed. (which means she has also watched the Olympic Games already in the previous year.)

I can be wrong here, but isn't eating outside allowed in most countries, Japan included?

Arknovalisk said:
I can be wrong here, but isn't eating outside allowed in most countries, Japan included?

I believe they still have that "wear masks in public areas" (or something like that) rule up, which means it's impossible to remove your mask to eat something outside without sitting in a restaurant - unless one oneself doesn't follow that rule, of course!

moonian said:
I believe they still have that "wear masks in public areas" (or something like that) rule up, which means it's impossible to remove your mask to eat something outside without sitting in a restaurant - unless one oneself doesn't follow that rule, of course!

I'd argue with that, in my country we have to wear our mask in public areas, yes, but we can remove it for drinking or eating. As long as you don't eat in a purposedly provocative way or something, you're fine. Eating takoyaki like that would be fine.

Arknovalisk said:
I can be wrong here, but isn't eating outside allowed in most countries, Japan included?

Japan has this unwritten rule of not eating on the street to keep it clean, and you rarely see a garbage can on the street either.

真夏ダイチ said:
Japan has this unwritten rule of not eating on the street to keep it clean, and you rarely see a garbage can on the street either.

I'm confused, how does eating on the street make the streat not clean? The few crumby stuff? Even those should be taken care of the wildlife, not like you're eating plastic.

In Japan there are vending machines that sell hot meals & you can simply eat them outside.
https://youtu.be/ZSYEBbBPC0M

And eating outside is allowed on April 2021 during pandemic, below is a junior cosplayer eating outside on 4 April 2021 or earlier day:
https://twitter.com/KapoAkatsuki/status/1378490047247175681

john.doe said:

And eating is allowed on April 2021 during pandemic, below is a junior cosplayer eating outside on 4 April 2021 or earlier day:
https://twitter.com/KapoAkatsuki/status/1378490047247175681

...While sitting on a bench, but not walking/standing in the middle of a street?

You can still see anime character like Golden Darkness from To Love Ru eat dorayaki while walking.
It's not illegal, just not a very polite manner for them, and it's not that uncommon for teenagers.

Arknovalisk said:
I'm confused, how does eating on the street make the streat not clean? The few crumby stuff? Even those should be taken care of the wildlife, not like you're eating plastic.

One example I've heard is that if you accidentally hit someone while walking and eating on the street, you need to pay fully for his or her laundry fee, not sure about other consequences. If you want to know more I suggest to ask a Japanese about it, it's not like these rules make sence to me either

I think it makes perfect sense, if you dirty their clothes, you should be the one paying for the cost.
But I assume if you eat in a sensible manner, and not in the middle of a crowd, it should be fine to eat on the street, like in the illustration.