Why 2025 Is Your Final Chance To Travel Japan CHEAP #japan
Why 2025 is your last chance to travel Japan cheap. Dual pricing for tourists has already started with more businesses and major attractions to follow later in the year. This means that you could pay up to 300% more than what the locals pay for the same meal or experiences. 2025 is also the last year where the yen will be cheap as it’s expected to rise soon. So, you’ll be getting less yen converting from your home currency. And as someone living in Japan, I have definitely felt the rising cost of living in the past 2 years. For example, the price rise in egg sand and Ichiran ramen. All if not most of your favorite matcha brands have also increased the price of their matcha by 70% this month alone. New tourist taxes will soon be applied on all hotel bookings in Osaka with other cities such as Kyoto and Tokyo having already implemented it and may increase further in 2026. If you want to save more money for your Japan trip, you can check out some of my other videos. Like and follow for more Japan travel, lifestyle, and money-saving tips.
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I find that the dual pricing strategy counter productive. The Japanese government invested heavily in YouTube and other media influencers to increase Japanese tourism and international presence. Now that it worked, the anti-tourist attitude is perplexing. Living in a tourist state, I see both the great benefits and slight pitfalls of being an attraction designation. If you want to encourage local participation, then offer a resident discount or price fixed rate and not an increase for visitors. It easily feeds into anti-foreigner and xenophobic attitudes that Japan has been guilty of.
Dual pricing for attractions or theme parks is normal, but it doesn't seem right for foods 😢
Good thing im going in September 😅
You have the best info !
This is putting me off going so much
will dual pricing apply to foreigners on a student visa?
I’m going in December 🎉
Honestly, as someone who is going to Japan in October 2026, AFTER the this tax should be implemented, I'm all for this.
Japan has become overran by unruly tourists that don't even care to look up Japanese customs and traditions. So many break rules and expect Japan to bend to them and not the other way around. If this keeps THOSE tourists out, I'm more than happy to pay extra.
I'd be rather interested to know how it will work in practice… Do they want proof? Because even in Japan there are those who are not ethnically Japanese, but have Japanese citizenship, or come from mixed families.
Its too late for me
I came to the same conclusion
Do you know if this applies to people on exchange studies or internships?
So like I wait a few years until the tourism industry in Japan plummets again to go!
This makes me sad because I can’t go until May 🙁
Does this apply to Japanese speaking foreigners who are studying in Japan?
Thank you for the list of things that will be more expensive or is already, I will avoid those. 🙏
Do you have a boyfriend? Japan girls are so cute.
I’m ngl if the price of the egg sando going up is stopping you from going.. you shouldn’t have been going to begin with. This is a good move from Japan. Kinda weird after they invested so much into increasing tourism over the years, but I know the people who live there will be happy if the crowds decrease a little.
I see this as a good thing except for cost of living in Japan to reduce tourists while maintaining revenue
So we should boycott Japan 😂and let them alone so they'll back cry for tourisme so i am going to south Korea or China
The problems is Japan policy they have plan for increasing the yen currency that's the reason why they make those issues about tourists i know some of them they are rude but also the Japanese people not all of them are perfect why i should pay for other's mistakes for me i respect all culture and never do any problem that's shame to Japan policy.
Now all my plan ruined i made a plan and budget to go there in March 2026 i think i will delete.
This isn't cool. Don't punish the good tourists because of the bad ones.
Don't care, I want that Itoen plushy, no matter the price
This is a terrible idea. You’re going to price a lot of us out and we aren’t the problem. Glad I’m going this year but already planning a longer 2027 trip with family. It’ll matter if prices go up to high. Too bad
It's already expensive
Oh my FUCKING GOD
dual pricing seems so unfair and i say this FIRST as a mexican who sees people here do that to tourists – seems unfair for them and now for me // i saved a lot to go to Japan, im not from a rich country at all 😢
More tariffs.