Thanks to everything from anime to its ancient culture, Japan is a country that attracts a lot of tourism. The Japan Tourism Agency likes this and wants to keep up the tourists coming, so it decided to survey foreign tourists as they were about to …Read more »
Popular manga titles often bring tourism to Japan, but one controversial manga is reducing tourism. Watashi ga Mita Mirai (translated as The Future I Saw) by Ryo Tatsuki was originally published in 1999, and it’s about Tatsuki’s dreams. She alleges that sometimes her dreams come …Read more »
Japan has its own distinct culture with rules and manners that might not always be familiar for traveling tourists. As a creative solution, right now the Shinkansen sections of Tokyo, Shinagawa, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Shin Osaka Stations are using “Manga Manners” to help people know …Read more »
Anime and manga tourism are big businesses in Japan. But according to a new report, sex tourism is also seeing an increased presence in the country. According to the French news organization Agence France-Presse (AFP), there is no official data on these numbers, though their …Read more »
One of the results of anime’s popularity is the whole anime tourism industry, most of which takes place in Japan itself. Each year the Anime Tourism Association puts out a list of “Anime Pilgrimage Sites People Should Visit,” and 2025’s list was recently revealed. Let’s …Read more »
Sailor Moon’s characters are involved with Azabu-Juban district, in Tokyo’s Minato Ward. Because of this, and as a way to bring in tourists, Minato Ward decided to put five Sailor Moon-themed manhole covers in places important for the original story. If you go to the …Read more »
A new tour kicked off in Tokyo this month in which sightseers are shuttled around to… public restrooms. To be fair, these aren’t any ol’ toilets. These restrooms are all part of THE TOKYO TOILET project, which invited leading architects to put an artistic spin …Read more »
Overall Japan likes getting tourism for its anime and manga, but that doesn’t mean that some tourists can’t be annoying. A railway crossing in Kanagawa, Kamakura, Japan is a major tourist stop for fans of Slam Dunk, and over the years some tourists have been …Read more »
It’s no secret that as a country Japan is very interested in bringing in foreign tourists, though that endeavor obviously took a hit from COVID-19. However, an article at the Japanese paper The Mainichi notes that tourism is beginning to rise again, including in the …Read more »
Get over here, friends! Japan will finally be lifting its restrictions on tourist travel starting October 11, said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida while visiting the UN in New York this week. Visitors from countries that were previously exempted from visas for travel, such as the …Read more »
Anyone who’s tried to travel to Japan since the COVID-19 pandemic hit knows it hasn’t been easy. Until very recently, tourism was a no-go, and even now, you have to buy into tour packages to get in. There’s also an entry cap of 50,000 people …Read more »
You know what’s really cool? The moving, kinda-sorta walking Gundam down in Yokohama that opened back in December 2020. You know what’s not cool? That no one from outside Japan’s been able to come see it! Well, now there’s a (slightly) better chance of that …Read more »
While Japan has its borders closed off to non-residents for the foreseeable future, there’s one way you can get your travel fix and see some of Japan’s greatest sights. Through JRPGs, of course! Video games are a great way to escape for a little bit …Read more »
Japan looks to unique ways to bring in tourists, sometimes turning to pop culture. Pokémon, for instance, helps bring in tourism through manhole covers and Pokémon ambassadors, and big franchises like Gundam or Attack on Titan have their own local ways to get people in. …Read more »
Steins;Gate (which turns 10 this year!) takes place in Chiyoda, one of Tokyo’s 23 wards and the home of Akihabara, which we suspect you may have heard of. Anyway, if for some reason you were planning a trip to Tokyo and didn’t have Chiyoda in …Read more »
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