Moomin Valley Park reopens
Moomin Valley Park has reopened in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, after a more than two-month shutdown due to the new coronavirus.
The park, which features the popular Moomin characters from Finland, had been closed since March 31. It resumed operations with various preventive measures, such as restricting the number of daily visitors to a maximum of 3,000 and using thermography to check visitors' temperatures when they enter.
The gates opened at 10 a.m. Thursday, and about 20 people wearing masks entered the park, applying disinfectant to their hands. They were greeted by a decorated area featuring about 2,000 opened umbrellas - parents and children walked beneath this roughly 300-meter-long "umbrella sky" that stretches to an adjacent open area.
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