With the rainy season over, Japan enters summer without its typical festival, fireworks and beach settings this year because of the novel coronavirus.
Shonan and other famous beaches in Kanagawa Prefecture are without huts or lifeguards as people have been advised to stay away as part of strict infection control measures.
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