Foreign Visitors To Japan Set New Record In February

Above, the Godzilla slide in Yokosuka at the Kurihama Flower World. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan set a new record for February.

The Nikkei Asian Review reported:

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in February soared 23.3 percent from a year earlier to 2,509,300, a record for the month, the Japan Tourism Agency said Tuesday. 

The Chinese New Year, which started in late January last year, began in the middle of February this year, boosting the number of tourists from Asian countries.

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