People wearing face masks shop around at a secondhand book store in Tokyo on Thursday, October 29, 2020. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





A rickshaw puller waits for tourists near Sensoji Temple in Asakusa district Thursday, October 22, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A man wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks near a Japanese flag at a shopping arcade at Asakusa district Thursday, October 22, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on October 14, 2020, a woman visits the “Forest of Lamps” digital installation room with hanging lamps which illuminate as visitors near them, in the TeamLab Borderless exhibition at Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo. (Photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP Photo)





Fleq's president Tatsuki Yamamoto and his business partner use laptops while they have a meeting on a Ferris wheel at “Amusement Workation” where teleworkers can work from a Ferris wheel and pool side amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Yomiuriland in Tokyo, Japan on October 15, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Members of traditional Japanese musical instrument group wearing protective face shields perform during Sanja Matsuri, one of the Tokyo's biggest traditional festivals, taking place after months of delay caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Asakusa shrine in Tokyo, Japan on October 18, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Revellers wearing protective face masks wait for the arrival of a Mikoshi or portable shrine which is carried by a truck, while usually it's carried by hands of revellers, under the infection control measures during Sanja Matsuri, one of the Tokyo's biggest traditional festivals, taking place after months of delay caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in front of Kaminari-mon gate at Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan on October 18, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A dog wearing traditional festival costume and pair of glasses is seen during Sanja Matsuri, one of the Tokyo's biggest traditional festivals, taking place after months of delay caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan on October 18, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A reveller wearing a protective mask tries to load a Mikoshi or portable shrine onto a truck, while it's usually carried by the hands of revellers, under the infection control measures during Sanja Matsuri, one of the Tokyo's biggest traditional festivals, taking place after months of delay caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan on October 18, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Tattoo artist Asakusa Horikazu poses for a photograph with people who received tattoos from Horikazu and his father, at a Japanese public bath called a “sento” in Tokyo, Japan, September 24, 2020. “It's been a problem at places like super sento and spas. I think it's because there's a strong image that they're against society. I take steps to make sure nothing that shouldn't be shown isn't, and I go into pools and things” " said Horikazu. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Author Hiroki Takamura, 62, shows tattoos on his palms at the annual gathering of the Irezumi Aikokai (Tattoo Lovers Association) in Tokyo, Japan, February 16, 2020. “In the 2000s, tattoo magazines began to increase and even women began to get more tattoos. I thought there was hope that tattoos would finally be accepted the way they are in Europe”, said Takamura. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Rie Yoshihara, 33, shows tattoos on her back as she poses for a photograph at her home in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, September 7, 2020. Yoshihara, who works in a shop dressing tourists in kimonos, said her shocked father has still not seen her full back tattoo. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Bookkeeper Mina Yoshimura, 40, who works at her husband Hiroshi Yoshimura's company, touches a new tattoo that Hiroshi Yoshimura got on the same day, at their home in Tokyo, Japan, October 2, 2020. “Well, if I had tattoos and he didn't, he'd be able to go places that I couldn't. But since we're both the same, we can go anywhere together. I think that's nice”, said Mina, as she spoke about Hiroshi. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Truck driver Hideyuki Haga, 44, poses in front of his truck which is decorated with the same design as his tattoo on his back, in Hiki, Saitama, Japan, September 3, 2020. “When this painting was done I think I was about as excited as when my tattoo was done. The tattoo is now part of myself. I definitely feel proud of it”, said Haga. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A couple take a selfie at Nokonoshima Island Park on Nokonoshima Island, in Hakata Bay, Fukuoka prefecture on October 15, 2020, as the early-blooming cosmos were in full bloom in the park's 10,000-square-foot slope covered in pink and purple. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)





People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus take pictures while walking along a path as the trees begin to change fall foliage colors Monday, October 26, 2020, in Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





A child in colorful kimono walks at Tokyo's Asakusa district on the occasion of Shichigosan celebration Thursday, October 22, 2020. The festival celebrates children aged three, five and seven for their well-being. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





An employee wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus sweeps near pinwheels whirl in the breeze at rows of small stone statues of “jizo” representing the unborn children at a temple in Tokyo Thursday, October 29, 2020. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 220 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Kimono-clad visitors wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk at a shopping arcade at Asakusa district Thursday, October 22, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





The Godzilla replica zip-line ride as a part of “National Awaji Island Institute of Godzilla Disaster” is pictured at the Nijigen no Mori theme park on Awaji Island on October 11, 2020 in Awajishima, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. “National Awaji Island Institute of Godzilla Disaster” featuring “life-size” Godzilla replica zipline is the latest addition to this park featuring attractions themed around Japanese anime works. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)