Japanese soccer fans are trying Croatian food at a restaurant in Tokyo, ahead of the Japan-Croatia match in the World Cup knockout stage.
Restaurant owner Kawasaki Satsuki opened "Dobro" in Tokyo's Chuo Ward after working in Niigata Prefecture during the Croatian national team's stay there in the 2002 World Cup. Japan and South Korea co-hosted that event.
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.
Music fans have had a rare opportunity to enjoy a live concert during the coronavirus outbreak at a drive-in festival in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.
Six groups performed at Sunday's festival in Nagara Town that was organized by an event-planning firm in Tokyo.
A large number of people visited a famed food market in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Thursday, the start of a four-day weekend.
More than 40 fishmongers and other workers serve a variety of delicacies fresh from the sea and farms at Washo Ichiba market, which is located in the center of Kushiro city.