Moomin Valley Park reopened Thursday 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 decoration featuring about 2,000 opened umbrellas --parents and their children walked under this about 300-meter-long "umbrella sky" stretching to an adjacent open area.
"This is my first visit here. The umbrellas are very beautiful." said a housewife from Sakado, Saitama Prefecture, who was pushing a stroller.
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