A macaque monkey walks on a snow field at the Jigokudani Yaen-koen wild macaque monkey park on January 28, 2023 in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. The area, known as the Snow Monkey Park, is one of the top tourist destinations for foreign visitors to the country and is quickly regaining its popularity as Japan has opened its borders at the end of 2022 year after the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Tourists walk on the trail leading to the Jigokudani Yaen-koen wild macaque monkey park on January 28, 2023 in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Macaque monkeys are seen at the Jigokudani Yaen-koen wild macaque monkey park on January 28, 2023 in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A staff of “Amazing studio JUR”, plants hair on a coin purse shaped like a human's mouth, created by Masataka Shishido, also known as DJ Doooo, during its production at the studio in Tokyo, Japan on February 2, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A staff of “Amazing studio JUR”, puts silicon into a mould, as he works to produce a hyper realistic flesh-like object, created by Masataka Shishido, also known as DJ Doooo, in the studio in Tokyo, Japan on February 2, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Masataka Shishido, also known as DJ Doooo, shows a coin purse, shaped like a human's mouth, which he created, during a photo opportunity at his home in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Masataka Shishido, also known as DJ Doooo, poses with his hyper realistic flesh-like object 'eye dice' in Tokyo, Japan on February 2, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Hyper realistic flesh-like objects created by Masataka Shishido, also known as DJ Doooo, are displayed at his home, during a photo opportunity in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Swans rest quietly along the banks of the Tokachi River near Otofuke-cho and Makubetsu-cho in Hokkaido prefecture during the middle of winter on January 31, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)





Myanmar protesters residing in Japan raise photos of Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally to mark the second anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Tokyo, Japan on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Traditional “maikos” (top-facing), or apprentice “geishas”, in traditional dress distribute small packets of beans to drive away evil spirits and welcome in the coming of spring, during the annual Setsubun Festival at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on February 2, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)





Kindergarten students look at a performer wearing a demon-like mask and costume during a bean-throwing ceremony to drive away evil spirits and bring good luck at the annual Setsubun Festival at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





Bean scatterers march prior to the “Mame-maki”, a bean throwing ceremony, at the Zojoji Buddhist temple Friday, February 3, 2023, in Tokyo. The ritual believed to bring in good luck and drive away evil is performed annually to mark the beginning of the spring in the lunar calendar. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A 3D printed skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex by Japanese company Apple Tree Digital Fabrication is pictured at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference, or Nano Tech 2023, at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





Products by Japanese company EXSEAL are displayed at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference, or Nano Tech 2023, at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





A motorcycle ridden during a Moto2 race in 2019 by Dutch rider Bo Bendsneyder, which used engine parts from 3D printing technology by Japanese company NTT Data XAM Technologies, sits on display at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference, or Nano Tech 2023, at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





A man performs during a Lunar New Year parade, held for the first time following a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, in the Chinatown area of Yokohama on February 4, 2023. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Shinkansen high-speed test trains or known as Doctor Yellow, travels along an overpass in the middle of downtown Monday, February 6, 2023, in Tokyo. The special trains primarily monitor the high-speed rail network's condition. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Customer Ryuji Baba poses while he tries on the wearable beanbag during a photo opportunity at a pop-up booth of the Shinjuku Marui main department store in Tokyo, Japan on February 6, 2023. While the beanbag's onion-shaped goofy style made it a hit on Japanese social media earlier this month, the main goal was relaxation, according to Shogo Takikawa, a representative of the beanbag's manufacturer, Takikou Sewing. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Yuu Matsuzaki, a product buyer for the Marui Group tries on the wearable beanbag during a photo opportunity at a pop-up booth of the Shinjuku Marui main department store in Tokyo, Japan on February 6, 2023. While the beanbag's onion-shaped goofy style made it a hit on Japanese social media earlier this month, the main goal was relaxation, according to Shogo Takikawa, a representative of the beanbag's manufacturer, Takikou Sewing. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)