Page 2 - Solaniwa Onsen News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Japan eased entry restrictions from October 2022, and the number of visitors has since been jumping every month since then. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, the estimated number of visitors to Japan in November, the largest number of visitors by country was from South Korea, with 315,400. This was followed by Taiwan, with 99,500; the U.S., with 84,300; and Hong Kong, with 83,000. Overall, visitor numbers recovered to nearly 40% of the pre-pandemic level in November 2019. With the increased attention on Japan, now more than ever, reservations are essential. If you book attr...

Finally, a super hot spring facility that accepts people with tattoos…on one condition. If you’ve been reading our site for a while, you may have noticed that our Japanese-language reporter Go Hatori has been keeping a secret up his sleeve, literally, as he has a tattoo on his upper right arm. While he doesn’t mind letting his ink see the light of day when he’s travelling overseas, here in Japan, where tattoos are still commonly associated with the yakuza, Go prefers to keep his hidden. Despite not having any links to organised, or unorganised, crime, Go has made his ...

If you’ve been reading our site for a while, you may have noticed that our reporter Go Hatori has been keeping a secret up his sleeve, literally, as he has a tattoo on his upper right arm. While he doesn’t mind letting his ink see the light of day when he’s…

Daily News on Japan in English; Business News, Economy, Stock Market, Politics, Society, Electronics; A prime source for staying updated on Japan!

Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World. Were there any experiences from those series that helped you when it came time to put together Akudama Drive? I've actually been involved with director Taguchi since before Persona. I've been with him for around ten years. I heard from my mentor that there was an active unit director in the same generation as me, so I met him. I think that was the first time. After that, there were many cases where I worked as a unit director on things that Taguchi had storyboarded, some of them by sheer coincidence. Maybe we grew accustomed to each other, but the visua...