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A tourist eat her lunch in a restaurant in Nara, Japan, March 19, 2020. Nara was among the first Japanese town hit by the COVID-19 in late January, when a tour bus driver in town tested positive for the virus, becoming the first Japanese patient after carrying tourists from Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A tourist eat her lunch in a restaurant in Nara, Japan, March 19, 2020. Nara was among the first Japanese town hit by the COVID-19 in late January, when a tour bus driver in town tested positive for the virus, becoming the first Japanese patient after carrying tourists from Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

March 30, 2020

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AP PHOTOS: Cherry blossoms, empty stores in virus-hit Japan
March 30, 2020 10:49 p.m.

AP PHOTOS: Cherry blossoms, empty stores in virus-hit Japan

NARA, Japan (AP) — Cherry blossoms are in season and the ancient Japanese capital of Nara, with its majestic Todaiji “Big Buddha” temple and its herds of deer, would normally be packed.