Jun 14, 2020 (Japan Times) - Karaoke fans in Tokyo got a taste of the “new normal†on Friday, the first day after business closure requests for such establishments were lifted following a fall in new coronavirus cases.
Customers at a Karaoke Manekineko parlor near Shinjuku Station had their temperatures checked by an electronic device at the entrance and sang with microphones that had cloth covers and plastic shields attached.
The parlor, which reopened at midnight Thursday as soon as the local authorities lifted the requests, hosted a number of masked customers from the morning.
Karaoke establishments, typically consisting of multiple rooms in various sizes equipped with singing machines, fall under the “Three C’s†— confined spaces, crowded places and close contact — that should be avoided to prevent the spread of the virus.
