A trip to Japan might be different in 2024 and beyond, Japan has changed. More than ever do tourists need to be informed of what to expect at popular spots in Kyoto and beyond.
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In this video:
00:00 Japan is changing for 2024
00:47 Mount Fuji will be different
03:33 Miyajima Tourist Tax
04:56 Kyoto is asking politely
07:34 Reconsider the JR pass (don’t make a mistake)
08:58 Overtourism, Go Rural!
09:51 I encourage you to visit other locations
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24 Comments
First.
Kyoto needs a tourist tax to fight their crippling debt.
Thank you for the update
See you later!
Handy info as always & enjoying some of the less known location videos recently. Would love a video where you mention some of your favorite itineraries you’ve done.
Great video & advice!
A great video Nathan. The only thing I would add is to at least learn a few phrases of Japanese for basic things. If you can't be bothered to do that, at least become familiar and use a translation app. Most people don't respond well to someone coming up to them and speaking in a language that is not native to that area, and increasing the volume assuming that being louder will making sounds that have no meaning to the locals, suddenly meaningful. We are guests in Japan and many of these ideas make sense to the Japanese. You are not special and following these rules will make an already polite and accommodating people more willing to try and accommodate your wishes, if possible. Most of us want to be seen as individuals and not as part of a crowd just disrupting life. Japan is not a theme park, so go along to get along. For many of the viewers of this channel, Japan calls us to come and enjoy the many marvels that can only be found and enjoyed by those embrace the country as it is. Cities big and small, and the countryside, even remote areas all have a charm that is all their own, with rules that those who reside there expect you to follow. Do so, and travellers will be welcomed. That's the way to become a Happy Gaijin in Japan.
The tourist tax is worth it.We all want these spots in japan to stay,so we can visit again and again.
You have a huge shadow blocking you from below your nose and on, it's distracting. Thank you for this video.
Great video for 2024 info
I'm glad I did my Mt.Fuji run this year.
I think for many people who travel to JP for the first time, like any other country, they'd want to go to the main few big cities because that is part of the quintessential Japanese experience, so you're going to have to plan for infrastructure with that in mind already. Having been a few times now when I do go back I'd like to travel to the regions more, but that's only because I've seen the big cities!
Cool to learn the phrase "bullet climbing." I've read about people saying they were going to do something like that on Reddit but had never heard a term like that to describe it.
my plans are Tokyo, Shibukawa, Tokorozawa, Saga prefecture and Fukuoka,. i had my fill of Kyoto and Miyajima. saw Hiroshima sufficiently ove the previous 2 trips. i havent yet gone to Osaka but thats for another trip if possible..
hmmm,… eliminating all English language from Japan and making Fuji-san off limits to everyone … let's try …
Easier for first time visitors to travel to Tokyo Kyoto/Osaka. Authorities should think of how to promote and make it easier to lesser travel areas.
I believe there is room to add taxes/fees to support the sites/infrastructure that tourists want to visit: per group tour bus fees, fees on ferry tickets to Miyajima, fees on tourist train passes, fees on entrance VISA, fees to climb Fuji-san , if not exorbitant should be acceptable to visitors (heck if the fee receipt was some kind of collectable ticket – they might be HAPPY to pay) on that note – some of the complaints about the JR pass price increase might go away if JR shared how much of the increase went to support infrastructure that visitors use (500 yen of every pass goes to support Kyoto or whatever)
i'd like to see some content about alternates to JR – Tobu line to Nikko? Kintetsu from Osaka (or Kyoto) to Nara/Nagoya? (and the value of Kintetsu Rail Pass) Romance car to Hakone? etc.
I am so glad I have been multiple times Kyoto wont go back unless on way elsewhere cant stand to many tourists. I love the quieter areas and have been to many lesser visited places that have so much to see Kyoto has been spoiled by tourism . I dont think tax will help .I think they should have a bus that tourists only use only to take away from locals being angry at not being able to get on buses I walked everywhere in Feb when visited as buses were packed. I walked miles but was better than being crammed in a bus .
Just paid the tourist tax, hopefully the money really does go to the island, because I don't mind chipping in even more if it keeps the island maintained
Currently in Japan and If Japan puts a monthly cap or something on incoming tourists from China they would have resolved lots of problems. I have been traveling outside the golden Triangle and the amount of multiple Groups with 30 plus people all from China( They have signs and speaking Mandarin mostly some rare instances Cantonese) The point is even in a Shinkansen to Kanazawa groups of tour groups and they all seem to be from China. Just pointing that out. Thanks Ninja Monkey for the awesome content
My one and immediate wish is for tourists to stop littering.
The beauty of this land partly lies in its' impeccable cleanliness.
It distresses me greatly watching people being hell bent trying to clutter these pristine roads with garbage.
And as a person who lives at the foot of Fuji山, it is quite noticeable how much 'less clean' the roads are in recent times.
Thanks Nathan. More people need to watch videos on basic manners before coming to Japan. I just walked past a group of foreign tourists sitting on the sidewalk in Shinjuku eating snacks from 7/11. No, no. They were just forcing everyone to walk around or step over them. Downtown Shinjuku sidewalks are NOT public parks or picnic tables…
Climbers who wish to push through with their hike selfishly unprepared don't deserve to travel.
i remember the last time the kyoto bamboo forest was so crowded, we had to wait for the front to move