A participant looks around a public toilet which was redesigned as part of a project to transform public toilets into restrooms that can be used comfortably by everyone, during a Tokyo Toilet Shuttle Tour, at Shibuya ward, in Tokyo, Japan on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Kudashita Station, Tokyo, on April 6 2024. Tourists clog a subway exit at one of the more popular viewing spots. (Photo by Irwin Wong for The Washington Post)





People on a boat enjoy a Japanese tea ceremony under the cherry blossoms, in a river of Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





Nakameguro, Tokyo, on April 6 2024. Largely ignored signs urge people to keep moving. (Photo by Irwin Wong for The Washington Post)





Nakameguro, Tokyo, on April 6 2024. The bridge over the canal is packed with tourists taking photos. (Photo by Irwin Wong for The Washington Post)





Inokashira Park, Tokyo, on April 7 2024. Park Goers take photos with cherry blossoms. (Photo by Irwin Wong for The Washington Post)





Passersby cross a large street at Shinjuku's business and shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, 12 April 2024. According to data released on 12 April by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan's total population including foreigners as of 01 October 2023 decreased by 595,000 (0.48 percent) from the previous year to 124,352,000, the 13th consecutive year of decline. The number of Japanese citizens decreased by 837,000 (0.69 percent) to 121,193,000, marking the largest demographic decline since 1950. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)





Sumo wrestlers take part in a Shinto ritual before the start of an annual sumo tournament dedicated to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Sumo wrestlers take part is a training session before the “Honozumo” ceremonial sumo tournament at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Mongolian-born grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji takes part in a ring entering ceremony with his son Temujin at the “Honozumo” ceremonial sumo tournament at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Visitors walk through azalea blossoms at Nezu Shrine on a mild spring day Monday, April 15, 2024, in Tokyo. In the Shinto beliefs, Nezu Shrine was built about 1900 years ago, and it's considered one of the oldest shrines in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A woman visits an azalea garden at Nezu Shrine in Tokyo on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





People visit a moss phlox garden in Tokyo on April 19, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





An archer in ancient samurai warrior uniform riding on a horse shoots an arrow to a target during a Yabusame horseback archery demonstration of the samurai martial arts at Sumida Park in Tokyo on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





A participant marches during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade, celebrating advances in LGBTQ+ rights and calling for marriage equality, in Tokyo, Japan on April 21, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Japan's Emperor Naruhito, left, Empress Masako, second left, and other royal family members walk down a hill to greet guests during the spring garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A Shinto priest leads Japanese lawmakers during a visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine at the end of the spring festival, in Tokyo on April 23, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





Japan's Princess Aiko (C) visits the tomb of late Empress Nagako who died in 2000, at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, west of Tokyo on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via AFP Photo)





Japanese actress Mariko Nakamura and actor Yusuke Kashiwagi in a mouth of a dinosaur pose for photo at the opening event of a dinosaur show “Dino Safari 2024” in Tokyo on Friday, April 26, 2024. A live show with dinosaurs will be carried for holidaymakers of the Golden Week from April 26 through May 6. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO via Alamy Live News)





People take photographs of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, lit up with a projection mapping titled “Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo” that shows a 100-meter tall life-size scale display of Godzilla, in Tokyo on April 27, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)