In Photos: Japan welcomes foreign tourists after COVID restrictions eased

Foreign tourists and other people are seen walking around the Ebisu Bridge area in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada)

Foreign tourists and other people are seen walking around the Ebisu Bridge area in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada)

Tourists are seen posing for photos at the Ebisu Bridge area in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada)

Foreign tourists and others are seen visiting the Shinsaibashi-Suji shopping street in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada)

Foreign tourists and other people are seen visiting Osaka's Minami entertainment district on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada)

Foreign tourists and other people are seen walking around the Ebisu Bridge area in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada)

A Shiga Prefecture official dressed in a ninja costume hands a gift to a foreign tourist at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa)

Foreign tourists are welcomed by local government officials at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa)

Foreign tourists are welcomed by local government officials at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa)

Municipal government officials in western Japan's Kansai region are seen holding a banner welcoming foreign tourists at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa)

Foreign tourists are welcomed by local government officials at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa)

Foreign tourists fill the arrival lobby at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa)

Foreign tourists with suitcases fill the arrival lobby at Haneda International Airport's Terminal 3 in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

Foreign tourists with suitcases fill the arrival lobby at Haneda International Airport's Terminal 3 in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

Omoshiro T-Shirt-Ya employee restocks products in anticipation of an increase in foreign tourists at Haneda International Airport's Terminal 3 in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

Omoshiro T-Shirt-Ya is seen at Haneda International Airport's Terminal 3 in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

Foreign tourists with suitcases fill Haneda International Airport's Terminal 3 in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

Foreign tourists dine at a restaurant at Haneda International Airport's Terminal 3 in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

Foreign tourists with suitcases fill Haneda International Airport's Terminal 3 in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

A family visiting Japan from Thailand poses for a photo in front of Senso-ji temple, crowded with foreign tourists, in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)

Foreign tourists crowd Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)

A tourist from Mexico poses for a photo in front of Senso-ji temple, crowded with foreign tourists, in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Oct. 11, 2022, the day coronavirus border restrictions were eased in Japan. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)