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Originally Posted by Sangetsu
Back in the spring there were no foreigners to be seen in places like Akihabara or Shibuya. But now things are improving, and the foreigners are returning.
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I was in Japan back in May-June and then back again in September and just returned home here to the USA a week ago... and this is exactly what I was seeing also in the Tokyo area. But the numbers of (visually obvious) gaijin are still way low from what I'd experiened over the past 15 or so years.
The Western media's over-the-top hype on the earthquake/tsunami/radiation situation has done a lot of damage to Japan's foreign tourism from this side of the globe, and I think it is going to take a long while before the effects of that wear off of the "group consciousness".
best,
................john