In Photos: Tokyoites slowly emerge after state of emergency ends

A clear plastic curtain is installed between the cooking area and the counter where customers sit to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus at a yakitori restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on May 26, 2020. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi)

People receive alcohol spray as they enter a restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on the evening of May 26, 2020. A clear plastic sheet has been installed between the cooking area and the counter where customers sit. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi)

A clear plastic curtain is installed between the cooking area and the counter where customers sit to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus at a yakitori restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on May 26, 2020. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi)

People are seen at eateries in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 26, 2020, a day after the coronavirus state of emergency that remained for five prefectures in Japan was lifted. (Mainichi/Junichi Sasaki)

People are seen at eateries in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 26, 2020, a day after the coronavirus state of emergency that remained for five prefectures in Japan was lifted. (Mainichi/Junichi Sasaki)

Many people are seen in front of JR Nakano Station in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on May 26, 2020, a day after the coronavirus state of emergency that remained for five prefectures in Japan was lifted. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

Many stores lining the Golden-Gai entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward remain closed on May 26, 2020, despite the lifting of the coronavirus state of emergency. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

People are seen gradually returning to Shibuya Center-Gai shopping street in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on May 26, 2020, a day after the coronavirus state of emergency that remained for five prefectures in Japan was lifted. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi)

People are seen gradually returning to the area around Shibuya Station in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on May 26, 2020, a day after the coronavirus state of emergency that remained for five prefectures in Japan was lifted. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi)

People are seen walking with umbrellas on a road in the Tokyo suburb of Musashino that leads to Inokashira Park on May 26, 2020. (Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura)

Only a few customers are seen dining at a restaurant in Inokashira Park in the Tokyo suburb of Mitaka on May 26, 2020. Though the restaurant has been operating while taking countermeasures against the novel coronavirus since mid-May, its sales are about half what they are usually. (Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura)

Paddle boats are left empty at Inokashira Park in Tokyo's Mitaka Ward on May 26, 2020, as the docking area remains closed even though the state of emergency declaration was lifted the day before. (Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura)