Japan's new era beginning May 1 has been named "Reiwa," with Crown Prince Naruhito due to ascend to the throne that day to succeed his father Emperor Akihito.

Here is a photo collection of various scenes around Japan after the announcement of the new era name on Monday.

(Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces the name of Japan's new era, "Reiwa," in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.)

(People watch a large screen at Tokyo's Shinjuku district showing the announcement of the new era name.)

(People watch a large screen at Osaka's Dotonbori district showing the announcement of the new era name.)

(Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to media members at his office to explain the name of the new era name.)

(Crowds outside JR Osaka Station scramble for copies of a newspaper extra issued upon the announcement of the next imperial era name.)

(TVs at a consumer electronics shop in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture show the announcement of the new era name.)

(A calligrapher writes the name of the new era in Tokyo.)

(Staff of calendar maker Todan Co. put the name of the new era in a 2019 calendar in Tokyo.)

(Women show smartphone screens showing the name of the new era in Osaka.)

(Children hold postcards with the Japanese characters showing the name of the new era in Seki, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan.)

(Photo shows the new era name written on a wooden signboard at Ninnaji temple in Kyoto.)

(Photo taken in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan shows a sake cup manufactured by a local company that has Japanese characters showing the new era name printed on its surface.)

(Photo taken at a cake fair at JR Tokyo Station shows a cupcake decorated with the name of the new era.)

(Sumo grand champions Hakuho, right, and Kakuryu pose in front of a sign showing the name of the new era in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, western Japan.) 

(Dolls representing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, created by Kyugetsu Co., hold up the name of the country's new era.)

(An Asian elephant is pictured with the kanji characters for Japan's new era, "Reiwa," after writing them with a brush at Ichihara Elephant Kingdom in Chiba Prefecture.)

(A California sea lion holds a calligraphy brush in her mouth with which she wrote the kanji characters showing the name of Japan's new era, "Reiwa," at an aquarium in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.)