A member of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association balances on top of a bamboo ladder as he performs a ladder stunt during the New Year's fire review conducted by the Tokyo Fire Department at Tokyo Big Sight on January 6, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The annual event, featuring various demonstrations of the latest firefighting and emergency rescue techniques, aims to promote the prevention of fire and disaster. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)

This young boy wrestled with his emotions at the National Children’s Sumo ­Tournament in Tokyo on July 30, 2012. (Photo by AP Photo/LaPresse)

A rickshaw man runs under the blooming cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Sunday, March 29, 2015. (Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Photo)

Women in Kimono holding an umbrella walk on a street at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, March 31, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Dog groomers participate in a contest at the “Interpets” international pet fair in Tokyo, Japan, 01 April 2021. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)

A woman with Kimono looks at cherry trees in bloom in Shinjuku Gyoen in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (Photo by Noriko Hayashi for The Washington Post)

A woman walks past a mural painting on a street in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

Dancers resting on the rooftop of the SKD Theatre Asakusa, Tokyo, 1949. (Photo by Tanuma Takeyoshi/The Guardian)