Anyone wants to visit Japan these season?
A japanese firm is offering couples - who want to get away from each other due to constant fights and quarrels due to the Coronavirus lockdown, - an escape route, by advertising hundreds of empty vacation rentals to stressed-out couples.
On April 3, the hashtag #coronadivorce -- where people largely ranted about their partners -- started trending on social media., and Keisuke Arai, a Tokyo-based tourism operator, who started working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, said he knew he had to offer couples a living option when he started bickering more with his long-term girlfriend.
According to Keisuke Arai, he wondered how couples across Japan were coping under the lockdown, as they adjusted to being together 24/7 under the same roof.
So he created a company, Kasoku, that provides hundreds of empty never used before vacation rooms to couples who wanted to get away from each other.
"We wanted to prevent people from divorcing," says Arai. "The idea behind the vacation rentals is so that married couples can gain some much-needed time and space to think about their relationships."
Spokesman Kosuke Amano said the company has had 20 customers since it began the campaign on April 3. The service also comes with the offer of a free 30-minute divorce consultation with a legal official.
A japanese firm is offering couples - who want to get away from each other due to constant fights and quarrels due to the Coronavirus lockdown, - an escape route, by advertising hundreds of empty vacation rentals to stressed-out couples.
On April 3, the hashtag #coronadivorce -- where people largely ranted about their partners -- started trending on social media., and Keisuke Arai, a Tokyo-based tourism operator, who started working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, said he knew he had to offer couples a living option when he started bickering more with his long-term girlfriend.
According to Keisuke Arai, he wondered how couples across Japan were coping under the lockdown, as they adjusted to being together 24/7 under the same roof.
So he created a company, Kasoku, that provides hundreds of empty never used before vacation rooms to couples who wanted to get away from each other.
"We wanted to prevent people from divorcing," says Arai. "The idea behind the vacation rentals is so that married couples can gain some much-needed time and space to think about their relationships."
Spokesman Kosuke Amano said the company has had 20 customers since it began the campaign on April 3. The service also comes with the offer of a free 30-minute divorce consultation with a legal official.