They pointed cameras and smartphones at the round moon and took photos of the scene. Note: In the Japanese text, the same kanji character is pronounced gatsu (month), getsu (moon) and tsuki (moon).

A "supermoon," the largest full moon of the year, was observed throughout Japan on October 17. In the city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, it appeared to overlap with the illuminations of the Sapporo TV Tower.