Japan’s Tourism “Problem” & New ESSENTIAL Things To Know Before Arriving In Japan | Travel Update

Altough I always go to Tokyo and Osaka to visit friends (plus even after 7 visits there is still a lot of Tokyo to explore), I usually try to get as much travel as possible in other areas as well. The last one before the pandemic was a lot of time spent in Hokkaido and Kyushu. My next one includes Takehara, Kinosaki, Takayama, Narai, Matsumoto, Nagano and Sendai.

There are lots of places I would like to visit in the countryside that don't have very good public transport and require cars. And obviously there language barrier is larger in the small places between my limited japanese and less Englishs speaking people.

Last Summer was so calm and peaceful (like it used to be) … hmmm,… after the Bubble Economy collapsed Japan decided to make the country the world's Disneyland instead of investing in exports and technology.

Japan is always a country full of contradiction. Sure its tourism is back but then again, we see cracks in the systems where maybe its not quite ready to welcome the high influx of visitors back. Just gotta roll with it. Safe travels everyone. For me, I'll visit Japan one day but probably choose a region and just explore that area instead of trying to go to every popular tourist mark on the map.

Is Feb a busy month to visit Tokyo Osaka Kyoto?

Hi Alex, My question is this. I will be coming to Tokyo in Novemeber. I am asking how busy does everything get for Japan's Thanksgiving Labour Day 23rd Nov?

I’m going in late Feb through early March right after the holidays and before Sakura season so hoping it won’t be as crowded with (other) tourists 🤞🏼

Funny how you completely forgot Kyoto was GOING BANKRUPT in the pandemic.

&——&*（——）（+…………The Japanese side invented the term "treated water" and repeatedly publicized that the concentration of tritium is not abnormal, creating an illusion that nuclear-contaminated water contains only tritium and the concentration of tritium is up to the standard, so nuclear-contaminated water is safe. society.
"In fact, the composition of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water is complex. Even after purification, it still contains dozens of radioactive nuclides such as carbon-14, cobalt-60, strontium-90, iodine-129, and cesium-137. Disappearance of nuclear radionuclides in nuclear polluted water.
Three years later, the United States and Canada on the other side of the Pacific Ocean will be affected by nuclear pollution, and 10 years later it will spread to the global ocean.

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Going in Late October. Planning to go to the big three cities but also planning to go to Hiroshima and Nagano as well. Can't wait!

I’m in Japan right now, it’s crowded, people do not speak English! I repeat, the do NOT SPEAK ENGLISH! The few ones that are at the hotel, restaurant, taxi, etc. and MUST communicate with you, most of them only use a few words with a heavy accent and use google and already translated sheets of papers with general info to most questions of requests. This is not spoken in so many videos here in youtube. Even young people are almost not able to pronounce clearly one or two words in English, some do not want to at all, even if it’s their duty. Some people, very few people are really able to speak English with you and understand what you are saying and answer you in English. Be prepared for it, also many machines that order food for you or other things DO NOT have English options, if they seem to have some, it’s limited many times, many times, they just pasted some printed instructions on the side and hope you get it how to do it. Everything is crowded and with many Japanese visitors too, but it’s alright. The heat in mid September is very annoying still, so I stay at my hotel many days or half days, going out only for some specific things and for eating out. I didn’t buy a tourist JR pass, bc it’s not worth it, not in my opinion. I have Passmo Pass and it’s a lot more comfortable, I do not use buses, that’s horrible. I use the Subway, the train, the bullet train and my legs. All of it with the help of google maps, without it I would be lost. Having internet in your cellphone is a must. I have decided to give up visiting some tourist sites, bc every day it‘s very full everywhere and it takes forever to get somewhere, it takes a lot of energy to go here and there, I came here to relax and enjoy, so, I do not want to go there, take pics, go there, take pics, run there, take pics, that‘s hateful, but to each their own. Only, yes, you see a lot of overwhelmed tourist, I myself too, but at least I can se say that where I went and took my time, I really enjoyed, where I had short time to visit, mainly I really needed to buy clothes, oh, that was a nightmare, google maps can also ne wrong, even with the kind help of Japanese woman who used her own google maps and took me to that place, no success, google maps fooled her too. Once, I wanted to ask a question to a foreighner, to know if the parade group already pass through the area, they were a group of British old men, typical tourist, the one I asked, he just turned his head away and was so disrespectful, I was shocked that such people come to Japan as a tourist, if you are a rude selfish racist person, please do not come to Japan as a tourist, bc at the end you will translate that here too and act that way against local and non locals. The place I enjoyed the most, until now, was not a tourist hot spot and I really felt happy there. It was medium full with Japanese people, a young Japanese girl sat near me, I thought I ask her something that I really did not see already explained, she also shook her head similar to the old geese mentioned above, I think what many people do not openly say in those videos is that, only Japanese who live from tourism are happy that you are here, most Japanese do not actually want to see, sit, be, speak, interact, etc, with tourists. Do no worry, you will be tolerated, but that‘s it. If you are young, white, thin, female, well dressed (Japanese like), beautiful, etc. I bet some young Japanese guys want to talk to you near some bar, that‘s it. There are some Japanese old and young, who would not sit near you or next to you in the subway, bc you are a tourist, some other are very uncomplicated and sit their whole family next to you, so there‘s this and there‘s that, but be aware that Japanese are not specially fond of strangers and do your long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long homework: learn the basic etiquete, specially DO NOT USE PERFUME or STRONG SCENTED BODY CARE PRODUCTS, follow what other do, walk on the correct side of the street, escalators, stairs, etc. I have seen like what it seems to me many Russian tourists, i dunno what, but they are on the way of others, they take the space, they speak loud, etc. I guess they do not do any research before coming to Japan. Anyways, Japan is nice, but it‘s not a very friendly tourist country as many videos here in youtube say, that‘s the truth, hope it helps you.

We are just wrapping up our trip and I highly recommend getting off the beaten path. Kanazawa, takayama and Koyasaan were beautiful and I wish we spent more time there. Also it’s freakin hot. If you come in summer go north!

What is the best Wi-Fi to use?

I’m in Japan right now and what surprises me the most is the smell of all the people not wearing deodorant. Nobody mentioned about that in any videos I’ve watched.

A little weird that the comments largely blame Chinese group tourists when the news about disrespectful tourists are actually people coming from Western countries like Canada and the U.S.

Could u make a video about the whole "radioactive water from fukushima" problem and the impact on tourism, please???🤩

i go to japan from 16 of august to 5 of seotember…and i dont have problems

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