Coronavirus takes bloom off Tokyo’s cherry blossom festivities

Instead of tarpaulins being laid out in the parks of Tokyo in anticipation of the arrival of the first cherry blossoms, crash barriers are being erected with signs warning that the annual revelries are prohibited as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced that parks that are usually the focus of springtime celebrations throughout the city are open for people to walk through, but there will be no partying beneath the blossoms this year. Workmen…

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