Pedestrians wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, are seen behind artificial cherry blossom decorations at a shopping district on the first day after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions imposed on Tokyo and 17 other prefectures, in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





90-year-old Fumie Takino, founder of a senior cheer squad called Japan Pom Pom, performs with the members during a guest performance at All Japan Cheerleading & Dance Championship 2022 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, March 25, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Visitors ride boats next to blooming cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi Park in Tokyo, Japan, March 27, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A woman kisses a young girl on a pedestrian bridge over the Edo river surrounded by fully-blossoming cherry trees in Tokyo on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





A man holding a pet dog walks past blooming cherry blossoms along the Meguro river in Tokyo, Japan, March 27, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Cars drive under a canopy of the cherry blossom flowers lit by street lights, in Tokyo, Monday, March 28, 2022. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





A private guard asks people to not stop on a bridge to enjoy viewing of cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo, Japan, 29 March 2022 while highest temperature in the Japanese capital rose to 19.0 degrees Celsius. Japan Meteorological Agency on 27 March 2022 declared full bloom of cherry blossoms in Tokyo and the bloom will spread northward. (Photo by Nicolas Datiche/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People walk underneath blooming cherry blossoms along the Meguro River in Tokyo on March 29, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





A woman poses for pictures next to blooming cherry blossoms at Inokashira Park in Tokyo on March 29, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





People wearing face masks view seasonal cherry blossoms at the Sumida Park Monday, March 28, 2022, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People walk across a street under a canopy of cherry blossoms Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Tokyo. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





People walk on a sidewalk under a canopy of cherry blossoms Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Tokyo. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





People wearing face masks view seasonal cherry blossoms at the Sumida Park, on Monday, March 28, 2022, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Crowds of people wearing face masks walk along a shopping street at the Asakusa district Monday, March 28, 2022, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





This picture taken on March 29, 2022 shows Tsuyoshi Shinjo, the newly appointed manager of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and former Major League Baseball (MLB) player in the US, entering the stadium by flying through the air on a hover-bike before the start of their Japanese pro-baseball season opening game against the Seibu Lions at the Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture. The 50-year-old's theatrics have been front-page material in Japan's sports newspapers since he was appointed late last year, and his latest antics made another big splash. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)





A woman tries to make her pet dogs look at a camera while taking pictures of the dogs wearing dresses at a pet dog costume maker PiCa's booth at Interpets, an international fair for pet-related products and services, in Tokyo, Japan, March 31, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A woman wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, tries to get a pet dog's attention while taking photos at Interpets, an international fair for pet-related products and services, in Tokyo, Japan, March 31, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A visitor takes a picture under a shower of cherry blossoms in full bloom at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Tokyo. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





Women wearing traditional Kimono outfits take a rickshaw ride under a canopy of the cherry blossoms in full bloom Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Tokyo. People across Japan are celebrating the peak cherry blossom viewing season this week without COVID-19 restrictions in place for the first time in two years, but many people strolled under the trees to enjoy flowers and falling petals rather than drinking and eating at sit-down parties. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)