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Anecdotally from friends, I'd say the top three reasons are: * Lack of money * Lack of time off from work * Lack of English skills, making travel abroad inti
by kalleboo 3y ago
Anecdotally from friends, I'd say the top three reasons are:
* Lack of money
* Lack of time off from work
* Lack of English skills, making travel abroad intimidating. In previous generations this was counteracted by bus tours with Japanese guides, but those are seen as lame by the younger generations.
- redeeman 3y ago> Lack of English skills if only there was some way to remedy this.
- rwmj 3y agoCountries that want Japanese tourists could learn Japanese?
- wodenokoto 3y agoI’ve never been, but I’m told street signs in Guam and Hawaii are often also in Japanese.
- throw5555788o 3y agoNo.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThat has definitely already happened in China and Thailand.
- redeeman 3y agosure, if a country wants to try pull in more, they could. Sounds to me like its the Japanese that wants it most though
- Brajeshwar 3y agoIsn't the "Lack of English skills" easily solved with the plethora of translator devices and apps these days? About a decade+ ago (I think 2010-11), I remember a woman who sat next to me after Narita, traveling "to explore India." She carried a tiny device the size of a typical compact (make-up thing for person who wants/needs to make up). She had no idea about English but can communicate via her device and it was pretty good at that time. I was pleasantly surprised and amazed by that. Imagine translator devices/apps ten years hence.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoLast year I've been asked by a guy for directions to the hotel where he was staying. It standed out for me because: a) he was clearly in his early 20s b) he asked me this after boarding the bus on the same stop as me c) he could find out the directions just by using a plethora of map/navigation (GPS for Americans) apps available here d) he was going the wrong way Just yesterday I saw a woman trying to find out which route she needs to board. She was in ~50s and I can bet $10 she had an Android phone => at least Google Maps. She just didn't even though about using it. So despite it's 2023 there are people there who still live like it's 1990.
- bombcar 3y agoForeign travelers often don’t have cell access, or don’t have it until they arrive at their first stop.
- Ekaros 3y agoOr they know that roaming is horribly expensive outside certain cases like inside EEA for EEA contracts. And hunting for working wifi might be complicated as well.
- bombcar 3y agoExactly. You have to be pretty technologically inclined and have done extensive research to determine how to get a data sim in a foreign country, and not get screwed by roaming costs. Even I, an HN tech god, rely on McDonald’s Wi-Fi and the Here app, even when I do have data enabled, as it’s often painfully slow.
- thfuran 3y agoCan't you mostly just pick them up at the airport when you arrive? That may not be the absolute cheapest option, but SIMs are not usually hard to find.
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- RugnirViking 3y agoid probably add to that: Lots of hostile neighbors. Korea/japan (both koreas) relations aren't great, netiher are russia nor china. Meaning you gotta fly a long long way to get anywhere. Similar to how there are many people from american midwest whove never been abroad. living in europe all my life, almost everyone has been abroad here, but much much fewer have ever left europe, which is essentially what japanese people would have to do to go anywhere that doesnt view them with suspicion
- resoluteteeth 3y ago> id probably add to that: Lots of hostile neighbors. Korea/japan (both koreas) relations aren't great, netiher are russia nor china. Meaning you gotta fly a long long way to get anywhere. South Korea is one of the top international destinations for Japanese people. It has varied over time, but right now it actually may be the top destination.
- bombcar 3y agoThe US is so huge that you literally cannot visit another country by land (save Canada, aka Diet US; or Mexico, aka California Sur) - and there are definitely regional variations but it’s all much more similar than even a couple hundred miles in Europe. A common school trip in the USA is visiting Washington, DC; for some that’s a six+ hour flight. The same flight in most places in Europe would put you in Asia or Africa.
- Shawnj2 3y agoMexico is culturally completely different than the US and definitely counts as another country lol. Canada mostly doesn’t except for a few regional chains and such but Mexico is very much not diet California in any way
- makeitdouble 3y agoCounterpoints on the last two: - South Korea - Thailand - Taiwan - Hawaii The CNN article does this too, but "traveling" doesn't just mean going to the US or EU. Japanese used to travel a lot to neighbour countries and that didn't cost that much, nor require much english skills. Now money is clearly a factor, but this would go deeper than travel and more into how many Japanese are giving up on many luxuries as they feel the pressure. Hell, part of the younger generation doesn't want to date because it feels like a money pit.
- koheripbal 3y agoHawaii is far from Japan. Many many countries are closer to Japan than Hawaii
- jalapenos 3y agoThis is correct, but it has settled status regarding an acceptable holiday destination. I.e. while Russia is far closer, very few Japanese have had friends visit there on holiday. Hawaii on the otherhand is in "routine" holiday status, with an established Japanese-catering industry there.
- makeitdouble 3y agoHawaii is far and expensive, but has the special trait of having many Japanese speaking residents and being Japan friendly in general.