Shikoku is top of my list to visit next time, looks like I should add Teshima (and Naoshima). Having travelled about quite a bit last time I visited I feel more confident to go a bit more off the beaten track and while the irony is I am a tourist I don’t want to be where other tourists are particularly!
Shikoku is top of my list to visit next time, looks like I should add Teshima (and Naoshima). Having travelled about quite a bit last time I visited I feel more confident to go a bit more off the beaten track and while the irony is I am a tourist I don’t want to be where other tourists are particularly!
I feel the same - these islands sound great, don't they. I just wish it wasn't quite so expensive to get to Japan from the UK....!
60 million tourists and no increase in trash cans. Bins should be everywhere, as in the past. Do not blame tourists (and everyone else!) for litter.
Definitely agree there's a (growing) risk of unfair criticism of tourists. It'll be interesting to see what the new PM does here, and with concerns about non-Japanese in general amongst some in Japan: https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/sanae-takaichi-limits-foreigners-accepted-to-japan/