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| Above, a sumo figure at a shop in Asakusa, Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
With few exceptions, there are no foreign visitors coming to Japan.
November was way down in visitors compared to the same time last year. This, of course, comes at no surprise.
According to Kyodo News:
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan plunged 97.7 percent in November from a year earlier to 56,700, declining for the 14th straight month, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday.
The figure, however, exceeded 50,000 for the first time in eight months and marked an increase of 29,300 compared with October, spurred by the gradual easing of Japanese entry restrictions, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.
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