March Foreign Entries To Japan Number 1.8 Million

Above, the Godzilla mural at Toho Studios in Setagaya. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Incoming foreign tourist numbers to Japan has reached around 65% of pre-pandemic levels in March. Much of it was due to cherry blossom season.

According to the Japan Times:

Japan saw an estimated 1,817,500 foreign visitors in March, equivalent to 65.8% of the level seen in March 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday.

The total was the highest since the country lifted its pandemic-prompted ban on individual, non-prearranged trips last October, it said.

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