Japan is now in the 3rd wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
More than 3000 cases are reported every day after mid-December. Nearly 1000 cased are reported in Tokyo.
Restaurants are asked to close a few hours earlier than usual. People are asked not to make unnecessary visits and to refrain from join gatherings.
The scenes of Christmas season are quite different from ones seen in ordinary years.
The Shinjuku Station, the busiest railway terminal in Japan, was not so crowded.
I found various Christmas trees – big and small and; natural and artificial ones – in many commercial facilities in the area. There were few people around such Christmas trees. (See also the 3rd photo)
I also found and entrance of restaurants were decorated with Christmas plants.
Many shops, including Kyodo’s Daiso, sold Christmas goods. (See also the 2nd photo)
The shops also made decorations with Christmas trees. (Se also the top photo)
The decreases of visitors were smaller in the facilities in residential areas than in the business center areas like Shinjuku and Shibuya.
We will have the new year in about a week. The new year decorations were sold while Christmas decorations are displayed in the shop.
