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| Above, the stage of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
In nine more days, Japan will open up to international tourists.
Independent foreign visitors will be able to enter Japan without need of a tour guide or travel agency. Just like it was before the pandemic.
Demand is already surging and it looks like hordes of visitors will be coming. What are the best places to visit before the swarms of visitors arrive? Bloomberg has listed some of them.
They begin with:
After almost three years of Covid-induced border closures, Japan is finally opening up to vaccinated tourists from most countries, with no need for quarantine, PCR tests or visas. And with the yen making hotels, restaurants and shopping more affordable, demand is sure to be high.
Airlines are ramping up flights and businesses are getting to receive visitors from Oct. 11. Even so, it will probably be a while before crowds return, especially with China restricting travel.
With that in mind, here’s are some of the top spots to visit in Japan while the country is still relatively empty, as curated by Bloomberg Tokyo’s newsroom:
To see what they are, go here.
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