Houkan (male counterpart to Geisha) Tatsuji, 29, and Maiko (apprentice female Geisha), Kikuyu, 20, sit with visitors to watch cormorant fishing or ukai, at a riverside observation deck in the Nagara River, during a trial organized by the nonprofit organization ORGAN in Gifu, Japan on September 13, 2023. Ukai, or cormorant fishing, is a 1,300-old tradition largely supported by tourists nowadays, with fleets of boats allowing visitors to eat and drink as they watch the fishermen and birds downriver from Oze. “We wanted to offer a more refined, higher-quality experience”, said ORGAN leader Yusuke Kaba. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Cormorant fishing master, known as usho, Youichiro Adachi (left), 48, holds the leashes tied to the necks and bodies of cormorants as he prepares for cormorant fishing or ukai, on the Nagara River in Oze, Seki, Japan on September 8, 2023. This 1,300-year-old fishing technique consists of swinging a basket of flames over the river to wake the ayu river fish, who dart away from their resting spots and give the birds a chance to catch them and then release them into a bucket with the usho's help. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Light art “Firefly Field”, by Studio Toer, Netherlands, is displayed on November 13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The TORANOMON LIGHT ART event is being held from November 13, 2023 through to January 8, 2024 in the Toranomon Hills and Shintora-dori Avenue. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)





A woman poses at the light art “Absorbed by Light”, by Gali May Lucas, United Kingdom, is displayed on November 13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)





Light art “Nest”, by Vikas Patil & Santosh Gujar, India, is displayed on November 13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)





Light art “Tornado”, by UxU Studio, Taiwan, is displayed on November 13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)





Light art “On the Wings of Freedom”, by Aether & Hemera, Italy, is displayed on November 13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)





Light art “My Light Is Your Light”, by alaa minawi, Lebanon, is displayed on November 13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)





A pet dog has its picture taken by its owner during a Shichi-Go-San blessing, traditionally performed for young children to ask for health and happiness, at Zama Shrine in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Pet owners pray with their pet dogs as they arrive for a Shichi-Go-San blessing, traditionally performed for young children to ask for health and happiness, at Zama Shrine in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Police officers exam a car, rear, which crashed into a temporary barricade near the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo Thursday, November 16, 2023. Police arrested the driver, according to reports. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A view of the scene after a car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, Japan on November 16, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A member of the teamLab digital art group explains about an installation in preparation for the reopening of their Borderless museum in February at the Azabudai Hills complex in Tokyo, Japan on November 17, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) soldiers take part in a marine landing drill as a part of the country's nationwide 05JX military exercises at Tokunoshima island, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan on November 19, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Mount Fuji (back L), Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,389 feet), is silhouetted during sunset behind the highrise buildings of the Shinjuku area in downtown Tokyo on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





Dancers of the Italian vertical dance company “Il Posto” perform at the base of Japan's tallest building, the Mori JP Tower, in Tokyo, Japan on November 20, 2023. Mori Building Co., Ltd. presented to the media the Azabudai Hills complex prior to its official opening on 24 November 2023. At the center of the Azabudai Hills complex soars the Mori JP Tower, Japan's tallest building reaching 330 meters. The new complex will be able to host 20,000 employees and 3,500 residents and is the largest project undertaken by the urban redevelopment and real estate giant. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





People stroll along the ginkgo tree line at Show Kinen Park in Tachikawa, Tokyo prefecture on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





People stroll along the ginkgo tree line at Show Kinen Park in Tachikawa, Tokyo prefecture on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





A couple enjoys viewing illuminated autumn leaves with projection mapping at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden during a preview at the garden in Tokyo, Japan on November 22, 2023. The illumination will start on 22 November through 03 December 2023. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA/EFE)





Members of team UK pose with their victory trophy at an award ceremony during a trash picking competition known as “Spogomi World Cup” in Tokyo, Japan on November 22, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)