Tokyo 2020: A mix of traditional and eccentric. The Summer Olympics will return to Tokyo next year for the first time since 1964. The world's best athletes will be on display, of course, but so will Japan's sprawling capital _ a dense mix of the traditional and the eccentric. Small shrines and ancient temples nestle alongside gleaming towers and high-tech gadgetry. Pedestrians meander through a labyrinth of alleyways lined with places to eat or drink, while passengers wedge silently into subway cars or ride on sleek bullet trains.
Wearing school uniforms, students at Yamano Beauty College bow to a speaker during a ceremony held to celebrate the school's 83rd year anniversary in Tokyo, May 31, 2019. More than 1,200 students from all over Japan are attending the school to be hair stylists or makeup artists.
Wearing school uniforms, students at Yamano Beauty College bow to a speaker during a ceremony held to celebrate the school's 83rd year anniversary in Tokyo, May 31, 2019. More than 1,200 students from all over Japan are attending the school to be hair stylists or makeup artists.
