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In other words it's both the best time to take a vacation to Japan and the worst time. Pros: a cheap country is even cheaper. Cons: hordes upon hordes upon hord
by sandspar 2y ago
In other words it's both the best time to take a vacation to Japan and the worst time. Pros: a cheap country is even cheaper. Cons: hordes upon hordes upon hordes of tourists. I don't envy the Japanese right now.
- pkulak 2y agoI don’t care about crowds. I need to visit Japan before I die. Maybe now is the time. I’m a huge train/transit nerd, and every year I don’t, I lose credibility.
- sandspar 2y agoUnrelated to Japan, but what's the reputation of train simming video games among train nerds? Are train sims deemed realistic? Also the trains would be crowded right now. Maybe an interesting experience, since it's a once in a lifetime chance to see how their scheduling handles massive, unexpected crowds.
- hilux 2y agoWhat are you waiting for? Be sure to visit the amazing museums in Nagoya and Osaka.
- pkulak 2y agoOff topic, but why would people downvote this? I say a lot of dumb shit, but this really seemed uncontroversial. Uninteresting, I suppose.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> this really seemed uncontroversial Didn't downvote. But reducing an entire country, particularly within the context of their currency crashing, to a motive like credibility among a niche group might come across to some as limited.
- konart 2y ago>But reducing an entire country Nobody is reducing an entire country though. Reducing personal goals and interests - sure. This thas nothing to do with the country in question.
- throwaway4good 2y agoThe hotel prices in Tokyo are higher than I have ever seen them.
- darknavi 2y agoWas there for the cherry blossoms this year. TONS of people, but getting off of the super tourist path was pretty easy, even in Kyoto. Cheap food, cheap drinks, not cheap lodging. Was a blast.
- mindwok 2y agoWas there last week, third time visiting. Still had an incredible time, but hotels were pricy and almost everything was booked out, hotels and popular restaurants + attractions, about a month ahead of time. If you go I'd recommend not doing it spontaneously!
- nixass 2y agoWhy would you need restaurant reservations in a country like Japan where there's interesting restaurant at literally every other door step?
- jdshaffer 2y agoThe really good restaurants, even small joints, are full all the time, even without tourists. So, if you want a really excellent meal, be prepared to wait, or find a place where you can make reservations. :-)
- nixass 2y agoLike the OP I was also in Japan this momth for the third time (first time in 2017), visited 4 major cities and few more towns. Never ever had I book a restaurant to eat good good. Yes, there were places that were packed but there was even more places that weren't and still had excellent food. It's just being spoiled and going after google maps reviews/ratings at this point and not really enjoying the place.
- mindwok 2y agoIf you wanna try Omakase or Kaiseki for example. Even places that were just well reviewed I found were often booked out.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoBook Ryokan that offers one (it's a must anyway), but as you said - likely hard at this time of year.
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- throwaway4good 2y agoFun tip: Checkout Japanese Twitter for people complaining over tourists ...
- donw 2y agoTokyo Disneyland two weeks ago was an absolute circus in the middle of the week.
- RomanAlexander 2y agoI just flew out right before golden week started. there's a lot more tourists from countries I hadn't seen represented before 2020.
- marak830 2y agoThose of us who love and work here are groaning at the ideas of flocks of tourists xD. They are great for the economy, but we get grouped in with them (and the outliers with bad behaviour), so once again, when tourist season is over, we have to deal with the frustration everyone has felt. It's not as bad as all that though, most of us know not to go out during peak tourist season though.