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| Above, a shinkansen cleaning crew at Tokyo Station. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Many people who visit Japan (or anywhere else) are drawn by different things that they find most interesting to them.
Some may want to attend sumo tournaments, view cherry blossoms, study architecture and other cultural interests.
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| Above, Shibuya Crossing. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Some things in Japan are unexpectedly drawing foreign tourists.
According to Nippon.com:
Foreign tourists are flocking to Japan in ever greater numbers, but not all are sticking to standard tourism routes. Shibuya’s scramble crossing and Shinkansen cleaning crews have become unexpected draws for visitors from overseas.
Japan is in the middle of an unprecedented tourism boom. Foreign tourists taking advantage of factors like a weaker yen and relaxed visa requirements are coming in droves for shopping, dining, and sightseeing, with the number of travelers soaring from 8.35 million in 2012 to a record-setting 31.2 million in 2018.
Overseas visitors typically head for popular landmarks. Increasingly, though, travelers are venturing off standard routes and relying on their own curiosities and expectations to discover sites, many of which Japanese would not even think had tourism appeal. Subsequently, a growing list of nonconventional locales have appeared alongside stops on traditional travel itineraries.
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