by admin | Dec 11, 2017
Inui Street in the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo was opened to the public on Saturday, in time for the autumn foliage season.
Visitors can walk on the road running from the Sakashita gate to the Inui gate between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. until Dec. 10.
Public access to Inui Street is usually allowed twice a year during the best times to see cherry blossoms and autumn colors, but it was closed to the public last autumn and this spring due to work on trees.
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by admin | Oct 31, 2017
The Tokyo Motor Show opens to the public on Saturday, with about 150 businesses and groups showcasing their latest technology.
Many companies are unveiling electric concept cars to respond to the global shift away from internal combustion engines. Attention is also on artificial intelligence technology that can monitor changes in drivers’ expressions and voices.The event has suffered a decline in the number of visitors, from over 2-million at its peak in 1991, to 810,000 in 2015.
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by admin | Oct 31, 2017
Universal Studios Japan in Osaka will resume nighttime parades from 2018 following a year-and-half hiatus as part of efforts to draw overseas tourists as well as domestic visitors, its operator USJ Co. said Monday.
Using projection mapping, scenes from the Harry Potter, Minions and other movie series will be displayed on floats and a 587-meter-long route to give visitors an immersive experience, with a Transformers float shaped like a robot.
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by admin | Oct 2, 2017
The surge of foreign visitors to Japan in the first half of this year to a record 13.76 million is primarily attributable to a rise in South Korean tourists, particularly those arriving on low-cost carriers.
“More young (South Korean) people are enjoying brief personal trips (to Japan) casually using LCCs,” said Shin Seo Kyung, deputy director of Korea Tourism Organization’s Tokyo office.
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by admin | Oct 2, 2017
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reported that the number of international visitors in Japan was up 20.9% year on year, reaching 2,477,500 in August 2017 (record-high for August: 2,049,000 in August 2016).
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