Uguisu in Inokashira Park on the eve of lockdown
Mar 28, 2020, 11:33 AM
Yokohama lockdown sound recorded by Gretchen Jude.
"I was rushing home after last-minute shopping for supplies before self-isolation, and decided to take the path through the park, where the cherry trees are in full bloom.
"People have been asked to refrain from their usual raucous spring flower-viewing festivities, so the park was relatively empty--just full of wind and crows--and one very vocal songbird, a Japanese nightingale (I believe, though singing rather late in the season).
"I stopped to whip out my phone, record, take a few breaths, and enjoy the melancholy sunset... now tucked away in my apartment for the duration!"
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
"I was rushing home after last-minute shopping for supplies before self-isolation, and decided to take the path through the park, where the cherry trees are in full bloom.
"People have been asked to refrain from their usual raucous spring flower-viewing festivities, so the park was relatively empty--just full of wind and crows--and one very vocal songbird, a Japanese nightingale (I believe, though singing rather late in the season).
"I stopped to whip out my phone, record, take a few breaths, and enjoy the melancholy sunset... now tucked away in my apartment for the duration!"
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds