Furus comments

This is 100% political. It should be obvious. And for those who freely chose to travel in the middle of this emergency for fun...what did you expect? Some "exemption" on your return because you're a "special" member of this society? Some slackening in rules when the last government fell exactly because of such slackening??

You assume that everyone traveling abroad does so for "fun". Having been cut off from our home countries for almost 2 years now, many have lost loved ones, or have people at home on their death bead with possibly only weeks left. I wouldn't call a visit home to pay family members a last bit of respect necessarily a fun thing.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, we choose to go home taking the difficulties of returning for granted. That does not mean we're criminals nor we be treated as such. As foreigners we of course chose to work here ourselves. But as tax-paying and law-abiding citizens of this country we have rights same as you and the 99,9% of Japanese that you say are in favor of this madness. The mistreatment of residents and their children upon returning to Japan, getting threatened with deportation and lack of basic understanding is quite frankly ridiculous and shows the complete lack of empathy people have for others these days.

This was not my experience. The government facility at which I was quarantined informed us in person and via written instructions that items purchased through food delivery companies (Uber Eats, etc.) could not be delivered to our rooms. Only Amazon shipments could be received.

That's insane. Goes to show that even though rules should be the same, different facilities have different standards. In Osaka they placed me in one of those APA hotels that was designated as a government quarantine facility. Not great, but from what I hear, apparently it could be even worse...

it’s a terrible situation. My kids are crying everyday, my wife is upset. I have asked to go home by rental car and stay in quarantine at home but they absolutely refuse. We thought we were only going to stay here 3 days. We aren’t even sick.

Entering the country was also a nightmare. We came in close contact with hundreds of part time government staff. There were about 20 check points. Piles of documents. The worst part was a room where everyone was spitting in tubes and there were trash cans everywhere with the funnels people used to spit in the tubes. Absolutely disgusting.

this is not about controlling the virus, it’s just pure propaganda from Kishida.

the majority of positives at the airport have no symptoms, which makes me questions the validity of their pcr test. The cycles must be very high as all people need a negative test to enter the country.

total nightmare.

Hang in there man. I got out after 6 days and found it hard to imagine staying there any longer. I was assuming they'd put people with children in bigger rooms for some reason. But I guess that was naïve of me to even think.

Kishida should be absolutely ashamed of himself and forced into one of these facilities himself for 10 days receiving the same shitty treatment, so he knows what it's like.

It's much the same for me which is why it's not actually that bad compared to what some people have to deal with. It's more the finer details that are driving me crazy. 6 days in a hotel sounds fine but most hotels have at least room temperature food, decent internet and beer. I'm not sure what you mean about the quick check but I get 3 calls a day from the app and a few check in requests which would be fine if I didn't somehow manage to always be called when I'm showering or washing my pajamas Roman Fullery style in the bathtub. Also any regular hotel I could suggest not to be housed next to a heavy smoker.

Also for transparency it must be said, I had a very serious stomach surgery over the summer and my dietary restrictions and stomach sensitivity has made this especially hard. I can't really eat rice or overly salty things and I've thrown up every day I've been here (not the hotel's fault, it's just unfortunate) because of the food situation. Not much can be done about that outside of maybe trying to heat up the food. The bentos are not just unheated, they're actually extremely cold... just pulled out of a deep refrigerator type of cold and are quite indigestible. I can't imagine another situation where people would be okay with this outside of being forced to do so. School and prison lunches manage to be warm, not sure why quarantine meals can't be...

They allow you to deliver food to your room, so to all those who are in the same predicament. Do yourself a favor and get yourself some coffee, groceries or hot tasty meals delivered once a day. It helps keeps your sanity and saves your stomach.

I got home a few days ago after the 6 day mandatory hotel stay. Can second pretty much everything you said, although I guess I was lucky enough that my meals were at least (luke)warm if I picked them up quickly enough. Some people tell me I should count myself lucky that the government pays for the facilities and that I was able to go abroad and get back. Sure, maybe so, but that doesn't mean they should treat us like criminals. Solitary confinement in a tiny room where you can't so much as walk 4 steps seems like a borderline violation of human rights to me.

Like you I was well prepared and took plenty of my own foods and entertainment with me, which was the only reason I did not go insane in those 6-7 days locked up. Staff ranged anywhere from friendly to downright horrible and oppressive. Some yelled at me and knocked on my door for not even picking up my meal within 5 minutes after delivery. I got call from the staff while taking a shower asking me where I was. Like I am able to get out anywhere with 2 guards patrolling each floor...