Jakarta –
The Corona pandemic changed the lives of many people, Mother. Similarly, this Japanese woman, Yuki Tsukamoto. Having spent a lot of time at home due to COVID-19, he began to dare to clean the room of his daughter who had died 19 years ago.
Quoted from The Asasi Shimbun, for many years, Tsukamoto who lived in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, was too afraid to enter a room to be cleaned. The room is the room on the second floor of his house, owned by his late daughter.
The room contains relics of Kana, her eldest daughter who was one of eight children killed 19 years ago in an attack at Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture.
But this year is different for Tsukamoto. Slowly, this 53-year-old woman finally does something she has been unable to do for a long time. He began to clean up his daughter’s belongings died in 2001.
A heartbreaking tragedy 19 years ago
When he saw the books, clothes, pictures and toys that were worn out in the room, the memory of his little princess made Tsukamoto sad again. He was immersed in the sad memories of the past.
On June 8, 2001, a tragedy broke Tsukamoto’s heart. At that time, a man entered the school with a knife and stabbed anyone in front of him. Seven girls and one boy were killed. In addition, 15 students and teachers were injured. The perpetrators were then executed in 2004.
Kana became one of the victims who died. At that time, Kana was 7 years old.
Tsukomoto works as a caregiver at a child care center. But since the pandemic COVID-19, the daycare center where he works is quiet. He began to spend more time at his home.
In his spare time, Tsukamoto cleans his parents’ house nearby. But then he began to think about starting to clean up his daughter’s legacy.
Actually in his mind, he had long thought about cleaning the room, but he never really did. However, the Corona outbreak that appeared made him think that if he died of COVID-19, who would take care of Kana’s belongings?
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Tsukamoto doesn’t want anyone else to touch Kana’s belongings. So he decided to take care of it himself.
Even so, Tsukomoto still kept the last pajama worn by Kana before being killed. He also didn’t throw away Kana’s study table and chairs, because they were used for his eldest son.
Tsukomoto said that he still needed time to think about whether to throw away the other items.
“This is a step-by-step process. I will try again when I have the courage to make a decision,” he said.
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(Yun / I)
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