Is meme that the average generation of a thousand -year average crisis I enjoy this way:
- Take running.
- Make home plants all your personality.
- Buy Air Fryer.
- Start planning a trip to Japan.
First of all, Ouch. But secondly, accuracy.
Urpit Japan has been called travelers (young and old) for years, but especially from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. A unique mix of cultural traditions and the most modern modernity, emphasis on well -being and Comfort of comfortAnd his natural landscapes and popular attractions are only part of what makes Japan so attractive to many.
Last year, Japan was recognized as the best country to visit in the world by Choice Conde next readers awards.
And now, strengthened by weak Jen, it is also more affordable, which leads to Unprecedented travel boom This caused the country to exceed the 10-million guests at the fastest pace this year. For many, this is welcome, after tourism in Japan was almost stopped for over two years during a pandemic, because the country set some of the most severe borders in the world.
But now as Japan struggle with a tideHe has a new problem: an advantage, and crowds affect everything, from some of his most holy traditions to growing housing and hotel prices.
“I am glad that there are so many visitors to Japan, but every day painfully,” said Yoshiki Kojima, who owns the IT company Japan Times in January About his fighting to find inexpensive hotel rooms for his employees while traveling to Tokyo.
“I have already given up,” said Natsuki Sato, a mother who realized that she could not afford to buy a house, because she lives near a popular ski resort, in which tourism raised real estate prices, she said Australian Broadcasting Corporation April 12.
And now, to cope, some of the most popular Japanese tourist places are supposedly introducing Two -level price system for everything from restaurants Down Amusement parks.
The global demand for matcha is violent, but experts say that limited production in Japan and the decreasing number of tea breeders cause supply deficiencies. According to Leanne Yu, some companies from Vancouver hope that they are directly obtained from Matcha Farms, this will help reduce the impact.
Canadian visits are growing
The arrival of foreign visitors for business and rest reached 3.5 million last month, which gives the sum to the first quarter to 10.54 million, results from data from the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNnto).
Last year, Japan reached 10 million visitors in April.
Throughout 2025, the newcomers of tourists are in a state of eclipse of last year's level of 36.87 million. Jnnto said that the famous cherry season in the country helped to increase the demand in March, in which record -breeding among travelers from the United States and Canada came every month.
AND Canada was in the top 20 countries whose residents recently visited Japan, and 44,500 visits of Canadians were recorded in February alone, which is an increase of 31 percent compared to February last year. Over 550,000 Canadian tourists visited last year, which is an increase of 37 percent compared to the year earlier.
At the moment, CDN with a value of USD 1 gets about 103 yen – or in other words, the ramen can cost about USD 5 and the standard Hotel room around USD 200 night.
Jen's weakness against the Canadian dollar is currently a big draw, says 32 -year -old Aaron Petrowitsch, Calgarian, who traveled to Tokyo and Kyoto for a honeymoon in February.
“Many people do not want to travel to the States and fair enough,” said Petrowitsch CBC News. “But looking at other places where your money goes a long way, Japan is definitely one of these places.”
He and his wife Sarah originally planned a trip to Japan in 2020, which they had to cancel due to the limitations of Covid-19 travel. When they reserved again for a honeymoon, Petrowitsch says he was pleasantly surprised that the journey would be more affordable than five years ago.
“It certainly becomes more and more popular,” said Petrowitsch, adding that about two weeks after returning to Calgara, a colleague from a trip to Japan with his girlfriend, and he knows at least one other colleague planning a journey.
Overtototirism
But when more and more tourists come to Japan, many of them inspired by social media, what is called a transformation became a hot topic.
“The problem concerns not so much when too many people go to Japan, but from too many people who go to the same places as they are there,” explained James Mundy from Japan Responsible journey website.
“What tourists and local communities sometimes want to harmonize,” said Kenji Hamamoto from the Japanese Tourist Agency VoiceJapanese website news about travel in January.
Some regions and attractions have taken additional funds. For example, the historic geisha district in Kyoto Forbade tourists from some avenues and private streets, trying to control those who have Apparently he tried to force Geisha and Maiko to pose for photos or they touched their kimonos.
Tourists gathering Kamakura for a photo became so problematic that the city had to Add bodyguards to stop people away from the famous railway crossing.
And in Fujikawaguchiko so many people blocked or entered to get A photo of Lawson Convenience Shop famous on Instagram Author: Mount Fuji authorities had to put a barrier to block the view. (Finally quiet, He did it backCNN reports)
Meanwhile 400-year-old temple in Kyoto He was harassed by garbage and unauthorized photo sessions. And Mount Fuji became so overcrowded and littered by tourists that some called it “Rubbish. ”
Two -level prices?
To manage in advance, some tourist hotspots increase their prices. Starting from July, Anyone who climbs up to Fuji Mountain He will have to pay 4000 yen, or about USD 39 CDN, for permission – double Price of last year's “tourist tax”.
From next year, the Himeji Castle in Western Japan will burden tourists more than twice as much as the normal rate. New Nature park Jungly Okinawa takes 8,000 yen for a one -day pass for tourists, compared to 6300 yen for citizens.
It was reported that some Restaurants charge a tourist taxsuch as a restaurant with seafood in full Tokyo, which offers a discount for the inhabitants of Japan.
In 2023, officials introduced 100-yen-yen tourist tax for visitors in MiyajimaHouse for the UNESCO ITSUKUSHIM Sanctuary UNESCO Heritage, for anyone who enters the “boat”.
Petrowitsch from Calgary says that he did not really notice a two -level system during his visit, and when there was a lower price for Japanese residents, it was “minimal”. He also says that he probably will not stop him from his visit, unless the price difference becomes drastic.
“We had a great time.”
