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The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has changed the game for Japan’s transportation industry. While All Nippon Airways (ANA) is using its empty passenger flights to transport medical supplies, taxi companies have switched things up, too.They’re now offering food delivery and grocery shopping for people staying home.
Celebrate special occasions with luxury meal delivery
Tokyo’s biggest taxi company, Nihon Kotsu is now using its empty vehicles to deliver meals from high-end restaurants, such as Chinese restaurant Fureika, Japanese restaurant Tsujitome and meat specialists Wolfgang’s Steakhouse and Horikoshi. Orders can be placed via phone at the individual restaurants, and will be delivered within Tokyo’s 23 wards, plus Musashino and Mitaka. Just like a taxi ride, the delivery fee depends on the distance and time taken to get the meal to your door.
Get your bento delivered by Keio Taxi in western Tokyo
For those residing in western Tokyo, Keio Taxi provides bento delivery from popular sukiyaki and shabu-shabu restaurant Kisoji Kunitachi. Bento deliveries are available within Fuchu, Kokubunji and Kunitachi from 10.30am to 2.30pm and between 5pm and 7.30pm. Order directly from the restaurant via phone (042 361 0711).
Residents of Tachikawa (within Nishisunacho and Ichibancho only) and Akishima, on the other hand, can enjoy meal delivery from Chinese restaurant Ka-Lin between 11am and 7pm (orders via phone 042 542 7300). Whichever restaurant you go with, Keio Taxi charges a delivery fee of ¥2,000.
Let taxi drivers take care of your grocery run
Km Taxi has turned its cab drivers into personal shoppers. Between 9am and 10pm, residents of Minato, Meguro, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Setagaya and Shinagawa wards can book the service by phone (0570 08 5931). Just give your address and preferred time and a taxi employee will arrive at your door to pick up your grocery list and some cash to purchase the items on your behalf. Pro tip: fill in this shopping list in advance to speed up the process and limit direct contact with the driver. Once the driver delivers the groceries to your door, you pay a service fee – the first 60 minutes cost ¥3,000 and each additional ten minutes is ¥500, parking fees cost extra. You can only pay in cash, so be sure you’ve some handy.
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