Above, Godzilla peers over buildings in Shinjuku. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Foreign visitors to Japan slowed during the first half of the year...

Above, a view from the Tokyo Skytree. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Years ago, Japan was working to exceed 10 million tourist visitors a year. Aft...

Above, the Las Vegas Strip in 2015. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Las Vegas appears to be losing its appeal.  Visitation and hotel bookings are do...

Above, the Godzilla mural at Toho Studios in Setagaya. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Tourism to Japan has been booming since the restrictions on t...

There's nothing like being welcomed as a tourist to a foreign country. Unless, of course, that country wants to charge tourists an immig...

Above, the Hozomon Gate at Asakusa's Senso-ji temple. Photo by Armand Vaquer Thanks to the weak Japanese yen, tourist spending in Japan ...

Above, a new RV park will join Trailer Village RV Park in Roswell. Photo by Armand Vaquer. When we visited Roswell, New Mexico in July 2018 ...

Above, a night view of the Tokyo Skytree from Asakusa. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Japan's tourist numbers are climbing during the past two ...

Above, a view of the Sumida River and Asakusa from the Tokyo Skytree. Photo by Armand Vaquer. At long last, Japan is fully reopening to fore...

Above, Narita Airport departure counter. Photo by Armand Vaquer. If the Japanese government thought that their latest actions on foreign tou...

Above, the Asakusa Temple pagoda. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Japan's "reopening" to foreign tourism still remains a dud. Foreign ...

Above, Godzilla in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Japan's method of reopening to foreign tourists turned out to be a dud. Only...

Above, crowds flock to shops below Kiyomizu-dera before the pandemic. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Before the pandemic, Kyoto's residents and...

Above, the Rainbow Bridge that spans across Tokyo Bay to Odaiba. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Before the pandemic, American travelers to Japan di...

Above, Senso-ji temple in Asakusa. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The reopening of Japan to foreign tourism last Friday should have been a happy oc...

Above, a Mothra mural at Toho Studios in Setagaya. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Today's the day that Japan begins welcoming foreign tourists ...

Above, the good ol' days before the pandemic at Toho Studios in Setagaya. Here's the old "good news, bad news" thing reari...

Above, a nighttime view of the Asakusa section of Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. As Japan is about to open up again to foreign tourism (on J...

Above, a crescent moon over the Big Island. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The Hawaii Tourism Authority has rolled out a multimedia campaign to enc...

Above, the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Some numbers are in with regard to Hawaii's tourism recovery. ...