A worker cleans a screen showing a poster for the film “Oppenheimer” in Tokyo on March 29, 2024. Oscars best picture winner “Oppenheimer” was finally released on March 29 in Japan, where its subject – the man who masterminded the atomic bomb – is a highly sensitive and emotional topic. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





People stand under cherry trees in bloom in Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, March 30, 2024. (Photo by Noriko Hayashi for The Washington Post)





Formula One paper model made with Ise Katagami by Kenji Tanaka is pictured at his house in Suzuka, Japan on March 27, 2024. (Photo by Irene Wang/Reuters)





People take selfies with cherry blossoms in a park in Tokyo on March 31, 2024, as the declaration of the blooming came 15 days later than last year in Japan's capital. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





Newly hired employees of Japan Airlines (JAL) group attend an initiation ceremony at a hangar of Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Newly-hired employees bow as they attend the entrance ceremony for ANA Group in an airplane hangar at Haneda Airport on April 01, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. 2848 new employees from 37 group companies attended the ceremony, held by the country's largest air carrier group of companies, as Japan's fiscal year starts from April 1. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Newly hired employees of Japan Airlines (JAL) group fly paper planes during the company group's initiation ceremony at a hangar of Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Newly-hired employees hold banners as they pose for a group photograph during the entrance ceremony for ANA Group in an airplane hangar at Haneda Airport on April 01, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





The part of the instagram page of Japan's Imperial Household Agency is seen on a mobile phone Monday, April 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Japan’s Imperial Family made an Instagram debut on Monday, with images of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako capturing moments of their official duties, an effort to shake off their cloistered image and reach out to the younger generations. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Visitors ride on boats to enjoy viewing cherry blossoms starting to bloom on Chidorigafuchi Moat in Tokyo, Japan, 02 April 2024. The flower is a symbol of the arrival of spring in Japan. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced in 2022 that the cherry blossom flowering dates have been getting earlier at a rate of change of 1.1 days per decade since 1953. According to the agency data, cherry blossom flowering average data between 1991- 2020 was five days earlier than the average data between 1961-1990. The long-term temperature rise may be one factor in the flowering date getting earlier, JMA has said. The blooming start in Tokyo in 2024 was five days later than the average year and 15 days later than in 2023. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)





A man takes a photo with his smartphone amidst blooming cherry blossoms on a bridge in Tokyo, Japan, on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A woman takes a photo on her smartphone under blooming cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan, on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Visitors walk at a field of nemophila flowers on Miharashi no Oka Hill of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Visitors ride a boat next to cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi Park in Tokyo, Japan on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





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)





Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton drives while seen past cherry blossom trees during the second practice session ahead of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix race at the Suzuka circuit in Suzuka, Mie prefecture on April 5, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





People look at illuminated cherry trees in bloom at Chidorigafuchi Moat at night on April 05, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency confirmed yesterday that the flowers on a sample Someiyoshino cherry tree in the Yasukuni Shrine were in full bloom 13 days later than average. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





People grab a spot for cherry blossom viewing banquet at the Ueno Park Friday, April 5, 2024, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A visitor takes photos of the seasonal cherry blossoms at the Ueno Park Friday, April 5, 2024, in Tokyo. Crowds gathered Friday in Tokyo to enjoy Japan’s famed cherry blossoms, which are blooming later than expected in the capital because of cold weather. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo, on April 7, 2024. Park goers take photos with the cherry blossom trees. (Photo by Irwin Wong for The Washington Post)