Diners eat alongside mannequins, used as a method to maintain social distancing among diners, at a restaurant in the Akabane district of Tokyo July 26, 2020, amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. — AFP pic
Masato Takemine’s Chinese restaurant looks busy even as many businesses in the city deal with a dearth of clientele, with ladies in ornate Chinese-style dresses and a girl in a kimono among those seated at his tables. “At first I removed some of the tables to have more space in between, but it then looked so lonely, as if the restaurant was under renovation,” Takemine told AFP.
Takemine’s restaurant Kirin Saikan in downtown Tokyo reopened in late May but sees about half the number the customers it did before the virus, he said.
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