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Originally Posted by JBaymore
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
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Just saw this, thought I would pitch in. When we say "Foreigners" are we referring to just non Asian? Because I know plenty of Chinese (HK, TW, CN) and Koreans are still traveling to Japan.... And Akiba is definitely one of their stops...