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Originally Posted by Umihito
I've read everyone's posts here, and it seems to be money, location and lack of information is the causes.
But when you look at, for example Facebook, the Visit Japan page on that has close to 40,000 fans, meanwhile the German one has barely 500. I mean, it doesn't make sense. In essence, Japan should have many many times more tourists than Germany. The Visit Japan Facebook page always pumps out tonnes of info and deals.
Money I agree with. Flights can be a silly amount of money most of the time to Japan.
I didn't think location would matter so much. I mean, if you like the look of somewhere, it shouldn't matter how far it is.
Is it just the internet lying to me? Am I only finding these things because I'm looking too hard? :L
I guess there are way more average Joes than Japan-happy internet users.
I wouldn't call Evanny's views Eurocentric. I mean, Japan is just one country. Bear in mind Evanny said 'Europe,' which is a vast collection of countries. So all of those together are bound to have a more colourful artistic history than the one country of Japan.
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Anyone can click "like" on a page on Facebook, especially since the earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima Daichi. (Wonder what's happening at Fukushima Daini). Japan is more in the spotlight and so people are going to be aware of their plight.
The soccer match yesterday was another example. The announcers kept harping on the fact that Japan needs this to boost their morale due to the tragedy. I understand they can mention it once or twice. It seems some of the players are from that area and have lost friends or family. But they kept talking about it as if that's the only thing happening in the country.
Japan is a great place to go, but it doesn't seem like it's the place for everyone. Language, distance, food, cost seem to be factors involved....