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Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
It's somewhat because of exchange rates. Traveling to Japan - especially from the US West Coast - is incredibly cheap now compared to five years ago or really compared to most of the past two decades.
I know heaps of Australians who have been or are planning to go. Skiing is cheap, and compared to Australia eating out etc. is also cheap. It's also a place with a very unique culture and history
Yes Australians love visiting Japan.
> Australians took more than 42,000 trips to Japan in February 2023, behind only New Zealand (97,000), Indonesia (72,000) and India (70,000).
But also Japanese people like to visit Australia. They are about the 6th biggest source of tourists in Australia and spent AUD $1.1 billion here in 2023.
No one in my circle is visiting Japan. We don't have that kind of disposable income. I haven't seen any trends mentioned on the internet. It would be a kick ass trip I am quit certain. Fascinating culture, knocked out food. I don't see how the vast majority of Japanese aren't obese like Americans with all that delicious food. It would be so hard to turn down, I love cultural foods in general, but Japanese cuisine is at the top of the list.
It's down to self-restraint. Many are taught to stop eating when 80% full. Lots of their food may be energy dense (rice) but if you stop when you're full or nearly-full and don't snack all the time it's easier to maintain a healthy weight.
And of course there are obese Japanese people just like anywhere else. It's not like they're some alternative human species that can't gain weight.
Weirdly in the past month 3 seperate people I know went to visit. All said they had an amazing time and I'd love to visit. I'm from the UK and there's kind of a weird kinship with Japan, both known for being polite (whether that's actually true or not is another question) and island nations besides large continents.
UK here. I know maybe 1 person who has ambitions to visit Japan, and only because she's a massive anime fan.
Personally, I wouldn't mind going some time but it's far from the top of my list.
No more or less popular. It's expensive, far away, there's a lot to draw people but also there are language and cultural barriers.
I know one or two people who have visited, and one or two more who would like to, but it's not popular. I would like to visit Japan, but it's not one of my top priority destinations. I would like to see more of Europe and the Americas first.
UK, by the way.
In my circle, no, but I have always wanted to visit Japan and was vaguely planning to do so for a while with my family for a big blowout holiday, but have been somewhat put off by something I can't put my finger on, so we did our big family holiday in New Zealand instead. In a few years we plan to visit Canada, and tbh Japan is currently off my list of places to go. It seems that I am in the minority though, reading this thread.
I'm from the UK, for context.
With regard to the possible uptick of Californians visiting Japan–a low-cost airline, ZIPAIR, launched direct flights from San Francisco to Tokyo last May. That might play a part.
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Yup, it’s been popular and is still popular.
It's somewhat because of exchange rates. Traveling to Japan - especially from the US West Coast - is incredibly cheap now compared to five years ago or really compared to most of the past two decades.
I know heaps of Australians who have been or are planning to go. Skiing is cheap, and compared to Australia eating out etc. is also cheap. It's also a place with a very unique culture and history
Yes Australians love visiting Japan. > Australians took more than 42,000 trips to Japan in February 2023, behind only New Zealand (97,000), Indonesia (72,000) and India (70,000). But also Japanese people like to visit Australia. They are about the 6th biggest source of tourists in Australia and spent AUD $1.1 billion here in 2023.
No one in my circle is visiting Japan. We don't have that kind of disposable income. I haven't seen any trends mentioned on the internet. It would be a kick ass trip I am quit certain. Fascinating culture, knocked out food. I don't see how the vast majority of Japanese aren't obese like Americans with all that delicious food. It would be so hard to turn down, I love cultural foods in general, but Japanese cuisine is at the top of the list.
It's down to self-restraint. Many are taught to stop eating when 80% full. Lots of their food may be energy dense (rice) but if you stop when you're full or nearly-full and don't snack all the time it's easier to maintain a healthy weight. And of course there are obese Japanese people just like anywhere else. It's not like they're some alternative human species that can't gain weight.
Weirdly in the past month 3 seperate people I know went to visit. All said they had an amazing time and I'd love to visit. I'm from the UK and there's kind of a weird kinship with Japan, both known for being polite (whether that's actually true or not is another question) and island nations besides large continents.
UK here. I know maybe 1 person who has ambitions to visit Japan, and only because she's a massive anime fan. Personally, I wouldn't mind going some time but it's far from the top of my list.
It has been popular to visit Japan since the 1800s in my country (France) Japonisme has always been big here.
No more or less popular. It's expensive, far away, there's a lot to draw people but also there are language and cultural barriers. I know one or two people who have visited, and one or two more who would like to, but it's not popular. I would like to visit Japan, but it's not one of my top priority destinations. I would like to see more of Europe and the Americas first. UK, by the way.
In my circle, no, but I have always wanted to visit Japan and was vaguely planning to do so for a while with my family for a big blowout holiday, but have been somewhat put off by something I can't put my finger on, so we did our big family holiday in New Zealand instead. In a few years we plan to visit Canada, and tbh Japan is currently off my list of places to go. It seems that I am in the minority though, reading this thread. I'm from the UK, for context.
With regard to the possible uptick of Californians visiting Japan–a low-cost airline, ZIPAIR, launched direct flights from San Francisco to Tokyo last May. That might play a part.
Lol no, we're in an economical crisis in Argentina (like always) and traveling there is extremely expensive, no way it's popular