Yuri Kageyama, Associated PressDroves of tourists have started to arrive in Japan on the first day of lifted border restrictions, which had been in place for more than two years to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
The only protocols left for entry are that you must be fully vaccinated with one booster or have a negative PCR test within 72 hours of departure. Compared with the most recent surge in Japan, when reported infections nationwide topped 200,000 people in August, both cases and deaths have dwindled.Japan has provided free Covid-19 vaccines, especially encouraging the elderly and the medically vulnerable to get inoculated.Most Japanese are still wearing masks. Many shops and restaurants require mask-wearing, as well as sanitising hands at entrances, though there is talk of relaxing such recommendations in open outdoor spaces.
Although Japan offers various attractions, from the ski slopes of northern Hokkaido to the tropical beaches of Okinawa islands in the south, experts insist the coming months are the best to enjoy what Japan has to offer.
'flock'? don't forget that they still mandate vaccination to enter the country and will be surrounded my face-diaper people.