Recently I have been addicted to see the inbound tourism related news and articles. Is it occupational illness? But it is important to gather information. I think that it is quite a good cycle of input and output as summarizing the article by looking at those articles. According to the intention survey of foreign tourists in Tohoku conducted by the Tohoku branch of Nippon Bank for Investment Banking for nations and regions such as Asia, Europe and the United States, people who visited Tohoku from Asia reached only 56.8% , The lowest in the whole country by region. The complaints about traffic access and the use of its own cash […]
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For the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, Hospitality of Japan with Multilingual Robots for Foreign Travelers
I found an interesting article related to inbound tourism! Since I had plenty of things to think about, I wrote it. For the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set up a robot within the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to put in practical experiments to honor foreign tourists, etc., in order to lead to practical application of robots corresponding to tourist information in multiple languages such as English and Chinese. While developing technologies for robots to support foreign languages tourists visiting Japan in multiple languages, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will conduct demonstration experiments to install multiple robots in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in order to […]
5 Reasons Why Kinosaki Onsen Succeeds in Promotion for Foreign Travelers in Japan
Do you know Kinosaki Onsen?Kinosaki Onsen is a famous hot spring resort located in the mountains of Kinki district Hyogo prefecture. It is the place I want to visit, as it is enough to put it in the list of 100 things I want to do until 30 years old. Well I wonder if it is going to be the Tokyo Olympic Games in recent years, anyway, foreign visitors to Japan are increasing. The word inbound tourism is becoming familiar to Japanese people as well. It is this Kinosaki Onsen that is currently most popular with foreign tourists as a hot spring resort in inbound tourism! It seems that it […]
Tragedy of Foreign Travelers with Tattoo in Hot Spring and Public Bath in Japan
The number of foreign tourists continues to increase year by year and the inbound tourism market is expanding accordingly. We’re so glad that a lot of foreigners are interested in something about Japan and visit here. However, the market still has many points to be improved. In this article, we will think about bathing restrictions on hot spring facilities of foreigners who have tattoos in one of them. Let’s see in detail whether there is a need to regulate legally, and there are measures available on the spa facility side. Hot spring is so attractive for foreigners According to JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) data, it seems that about 30% […]
Great Vacation Rental for Foreigners in Takayama
I had a hard insect bite on the top of foot and it was terrible. Maze is cooler than Tokyo a little so I don’t feel like actual summer: August. 『IORI SHIROYAMA』 8 minutes’ walk from the center of Takayama This July, I stayed at a vacation rental lodge in Takayama, which is an old folk house. As you may know about Takayama, it’s now famous even for foreigners. After 8 minutes’ walk from the main street, you can find a Japanese old house like below. The name is 『IORI SHIROYAMA』and it’s located on the top of hill. It used to be a vacation home of private company and now […]
Why Don’t You Taste Ayu (Sweetfish)? – The Most Precious & Unique Fish in The World
Have you ever seen the fish in below pictures? This is Ayu in Japanese and Sweetfish in English. It is one of the most popular freshwater fish in Japan but foreign people don’t know about it so much. Then, I’d like to tell you how special it is since my current place Maze is the best place to fish and eat it. Long history of Ayu in Japan as word origin says I like investigating any history like origin of a word. Ayu actually has a log history with Japanese people. Why is it called “Sweetfish” Before telling you about the word history of Ayu, I’d like to talk about […]
The Controversial Tourism Promotion Film in Sendai, Miyagi
4 months have been passed since the relocation from Tokyo. I got insect bite yesterday and now it’s swelling. I’d like to introduce you an issue regarding tourism promotion in Miyagi. The promotion movie made by the city office seems to be controversial. Danmitsu appears on the tourism promotion film I happened to find the article about the movie released on this July. It says some people criticized it. First, you should watch it!!(the movie deleted on 8/26) The actress is Danmitsu. She is popular in Japan as one of the most sexy women, especially popular among Japanese men. You watch it? It seems far too attractive for a tourism […]
Cooking Class for Foreign Tourists in Hida-Furukawa
I’ve joined in a cooking class for foreign tourists in Hida-Furukawa on this weekend. I’ll share the experience with you. Hida city is one of the stage of 『Your Name』 Hida-Furukawa is well known for where 『Your Name』 took place, which was a big hit in Japan. This is the first visit for me. It took about 90 minutes from Maze (15 minutes from Takayama by train). I really enjoyed the drive to Hida-Furukawa since it was far from traffic jam. It seems so retro-inspired and there is the city office nearby the station. Hida city is as large as Gero city (my current place) but the population is 24,000, […]
Ghibli Park Will Be Open in 2020s in Japan Starting by Totoro
I’ve never heard thunder as sharp and loud as last night in rural Japan before. That was much better than in Tokyo. Ghibli Park scheduled to open in Aichi expo site!! It was bad thunderstorm here on July 1st and the governor of Aichi prefecture announced they would establish Ghibli Park. This news speraded out overseas and now people are really excited about it. What is Ghibli Park? First of all, what is it? It’s gonna be a theme park based on Studio Ghibli. That means we can enjoy the world of Ghibli anime like Disney Land. All fans of Ghibli will be crazy about this, including me also. Though, […]
Super Unique Accommodation in Tokyo Drew on Italian Style
We have a distributed hotel in Japan. To my suprise, it’s located in the metropolitan city; Tokyo. I talked about Albergo Diffuso one day and I’ll share the Japanese one today. Albergo Diffuso: New Accommodation Style in Italy What’s hanare? It’s a regional integrated hotel at Yanaka, Taito in Tokyo. The concept is like below. HAGISO showed in the center of circle is the reception and the receptionist introduces the town including the information of restaurant and shop. It’s just same as Albergo Diffuso in terms of scattering outside after check-in!! Every place such as shop, cafe and public bath is a part of hotel so we can enjoy everything with […]