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Socially-distanced families in the western Japanese city of Kobe have enjoyed handheld fireworks at a night park.

The event took place as a replacement for fireworks displays and other summer traditions that have been canceled this year due to the spread of the coronavirus.

Fireworks lit up the skies across Japan at 8 p.m. on Friday, which was to be the date of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics before it was postponed.

The Junior Chamber International Japan organized the displays with fireworks companies across the country, hoping they would signal a fresh start despite the coronavirus pandemic.