A statue of Oni, a demon-like supernatural Japanese folklore creature or yokai, which was given a face mask sits on a bench in front of a closed grocery store in Fukusaki town, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan.
A small town in western Japan has been giving face masks to these monster statues to promote mask-wearing to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the Covid-19 disease.
Via EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA
