JAPAN TRAVEL UPDATE: A Ticking Time Bomb awaits – Tourism Warning

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   @mrkanjikid 2 years ago

   👍🏿 Good looking out, Nathan!

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   @jiyon167 2 years ago

   I am avoiding the popular visiting periods from now on. I was in Japan last month and the amounts of tourists was a joke. I have been travelling to Japan for 15 years never seen anything like it. I’ll be back there in June 2024 🌧️

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   @sasalu7049 2 years ago

   ❤

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   @logansrun3126 2 years ago

   Great video as always. Very informative. 👍

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   @thecleeze6359 2 years ago

   Yes, avoid Golden Week.

   When I came here to live and work in 2022, the 'sakura' season had been 'short' in Iwate. People told me it ended abruptly, because of the weather and it only was good for about two weeks. In 2023 it lasted about a month, and I saw it in its full glory… saw, trees with blossoms… okay. Eh. There weren't any festivals, and nothing really happened. My language learning group took a walk to the park. Before I came here, I had heard a lot about 'sakura' season. In Iwate, it's a concept but there aren't tangible things like festivals or street food. Go out and enjoy the flowers, if you want to. They will be gone soon. A lot of Japanese holidays are like that in Iwate, Japan. Tsukimi for example. You can… look at the moon. Tsukimi dango? Uh, … just …

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   @Jonats6969 2 years ago

   Hello it’s me Jonah

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   @kennyelder3419 2 years ago

   👍🏻

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   @carlanavarro7822 2 years ago

   I’ll be one of those traveling for hanami and F1 🙋🏽‍♀️ thanks for the info 👍

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   @johnnysakura 2 years ago

   Any thoughts on the pneumonia outbreaks in kids in China
   Possible new virus

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    @anitapickens6121 2 years ago

    Thanks for the info. I was stationed in Atsugi, Japan going back in April after 57 years. So excited.

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    @Nelsea7190 2 years ago

    my plans that i need to book like yesterday are april 17-may 2nd. how might golden week and sakura affect those travel dates? will be n Tokyo for the first 5 or so days (Akiba/Tokotozawa then off to Shibukawa) then im off to Fukuoka and Saga areas. a 1.5 day return to Tokyo before the flight is supposed to take me home. looks like im closer to golden week and missing the Sakura. 2019 Sakura season was beautiful enough to last a while then and in my memories.

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    @jimross7648 2 years ago

    Japan and popularity is the two edged sword. Japan needs the economic infusion of tourist dollars. Japan is not really ready for increases of twenty percent focused mainly on already crowded tourist locations. It's not that the country is not experienced in moving large numbers of people, it's that they are resistant to change what worked fine ten or twenty years ago, but now creates issues for both residents and tourists alike. Every country wants the high value glitteri tourist for whom cost is no object. Problem is this is a highly mobile class, that goes wherever the latest in thing is. They get the best, but they move on to the next thing just as quick. Motor car racing like F1 often have a short shelf life in spots they choose. The backers demand big subsidies, inconvenience locals with construction that meets F1's needs, but doesn't improve the daily lives of the locals. When the organization doesn't get the response from their customers that they expect, they move to new spots very quickly. The locals are left with infrastructure that doesn't benefit their day to day lives, but cost their governments and them bis money.
    The Air B n B of repairing and renting old wooden traditional Japanese homes is great, I'd stay in them if the are affordable to me. Again it's you make the investment, maintain it and I'll do my best to promote it and take a cut for my limited effort. If your ROI isn't as fast or great as you wanted or needed, well that's not my problem. I'll promote something else, somewhere else.
    I accidently hit Sakura season in 2018 and yes it was very nice for a couple days, but then I was done with it. The fascination was done for me, and I wanted to have something more than just pretty flowers for couple weeks with huge crowds and big prices.
    I'll be back in Japan because something about it speaks to my inner being. There is much to see and do, but not everywhere or for everyone, all the time.
    As usual you created a video that provokes thought, and highlights the good that is already or may be soon in Japan. How reality affects it all is unknown till it isn't.

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    @nilsteegen33 2 years ago

    Nice video. I was a bit spooked by the title but otherwise very informative as usual 👍

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    @unknighted2003 2 years ago

    I didn’t realize duty free shopping was so easy in Japan. I know other countries have the tax refund at airport approach but it’s such a hassle on an already hectic last day…hope they don’t change

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    @michellem7202 2 years ago

    So it would be a bad idea to stay in Kyoto during the Sakura season? I changed my plans and decided to visit Japan in 2025 instead.

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    @paul3of5 2 years ago

    👍 I was in the Kansai region at the end of October thru to the beginning of November. The amount of overseas tourists made certain destination spots almost unbearable. I am planning to visit Tokyo during the same time frame in 2025. Probably try to avoid the usual tourist destinations. See parts I haven't seen yet.

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    @leontnf6144 2 years ago

    Great video as always. 6:50 🤣 Btw i think the new theme park's name is supposed to be pronounced similar to the english word 'Jungle', since it's meant to deliver a jungle vibe, so Jungle-lia? 😂

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    @gumerzambrano 2 years ago

    Hopefully things won't be too bad when I go in January/February! It'll be a first time trip so having slightly less crowds will be a huge plus.

    Will never understand how F1 is such a huge event. It was here in the US in Las Vegas and all it did was just make awful changes to the strip and make locals' life harder with construction traffic

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    @LensAndMotion 2 years ago

    Where is the pocket wifi link 🤔

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    @froglady4360 2 years ago

    I’m just going to make the best of a busy situation. Flights and hotel were already booked when they announced the change to the F1 calendar. Oh well, just had to buy tickets and shuffle the hotel dates. Luckily I have been before and don’t need to see the popular places. I love hanging out in the suburbs anyway & getting to know the locals. That way you get a better experience 👍🏼❤🏎️🌸

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    @NinjaMonkeyguy 2 years ago

    Check out Pocket wifi and links:
    http://www.ninjasaru.com

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    @spun_01 2 years ago

    There is no maybe. With tourism back in full swing, including Chinese organised tour groups, this WILL be the busiest Sakura season on record in terms of tourist numbers.

    I love Japan, but there is no way I'd be going near a tourist hotspot (Kyoto, Tokyo, etc) next April.

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    @cyberxspeed 2 years ago

    I'll be visiting Japan next year after the Golden week. Some lodgings won't let you reserve this early so I have to wait in a couple months to get started on early booking.

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    @brittanimurray2011 2 years ago

    I'm not buying anything if we're going to have to queue for it. Also, folks should tread lightly with Air BnB. All of their talking points are what we heard in 2016. It's come to the detriment of communities and cultures globally ever since. You've been warned.

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    @backintheclay 2 years ago

    👍👍👍

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    @steveokubo5865 2 years ago

    Thanks for the wonderful and useful information! 👍

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    @gregdavey3826 2 years ago

    👍

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    @cissomarks 2 years ago

    👍👍👍

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    @klyq6351 2 years ago

    👍

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    @lannifincoris6482 2 years ago

    I had Sakuraco Mobile Wifi, great customer service and fast and steady internet and.. 👍

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    @henrychavez5950 2 years ago

    Awesome!! I'm visiting after golden week and fewer people!!