By TAISHI SASAYAMA/ Staff Writer
March 20, 2023 at 16:40 JST
Many visitors are maskless at Ueno Park in Tokyo’s Taito Ward on March 19. (Shigetaka Kodama)
After four long years, the sights and sounds of picnickers beneath the cherry blossom trees returned to Tokyo’s Ueno Park as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. [Read More]
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