Two young dancers take pictures while waiting for the start of the Koenji Awa-Odori dance festival, in the Koenji neighborhood of Tokyo. Saturday, August 24, 2019, Started in the 1950s, the Koenji Awa-Odori has grown to be one of Tokyo's largest and most popular summer festivals an estimated 10,000 dancers participating in the dance festival. Hundreds of thousands of spectators gather in the neighborhood to watch the two-day summer spectacle. The event is held on the last weekend of August each year. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)

A heavily tattooed Japanese woman poses for photographs near Asakusa Temple during the third and final day of Sanja Festival, on May 20, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. Sanja Festival is one of Japan's major festivals and is held annually in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Bangladeshi artists wear floral attire as they join celebrations of the spring festival “Basanta Utsav” at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka, in Bangladesh, 14 February 2024. The Bashanta Utshab, or Spring Festival, is a local traditional festival which marks the beginning of the Spring Season while young people also celebrate it along with Valentine's Day. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA/EFE)

Revelers stained with colored powder cheer during the Holi festival celebrations in Chennai, India, 08 March 2023. Holi, also known as the “Festival Of Colors” is an ancient Indian Hindu festival symbolizing the victory of good over evil and marking the arrival of spring. It is celebrated with joyful gatherings during which revelers cover each other in colored powders. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)

Dancers perform during the annual Tbilisoba festival, celebrating Tbilisi City Day in Tbilisi, Georgia, October 17, 2015. Tbilisoba is an annual October festival, celebrating the diversity and history of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)

Festival goers attend Splendour In The Grass 2019 on July 20, 2019 in Byron Bay, Australia. Splendour is an annual Australian music festival, showcases popular and established musical artists, as well as emerging Australian artists. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

A driver pulls a handgun on protesters after they broke his trucks lights on March 28, 2021 in Salem, Oregon. The protesters clashed with occupants of vehicles that had participated in an American flag-waving car caravan, despite law enforcements efforts to to keep the groups separate. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

In this Thursday, March 28, 2019, photo, a “golden giant burger” is served at a restaurant of Hotel Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Tokyo. The $900 wagyu (Japanese-produced beef) burger was unveiled to commemorate the era change. What’s in a name? Quite a lot if you’re a Japanese citizen awaiting the official announcement Monday, April 1, 2019 of what the soon-to-be-installed new emperor’s next era will be called. It’s a proclamation that has happened only twice in nearly a century, and the new name will follow Emperor Naruhito, after his May 1 investiture, for the duration of his rule, attaching itself to much of what happens in Japan. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)