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Loooll, thankfully I am not your average tourist.
Feels like everyone thinks they're not the average tourist. Ok well the average tourist is really the tour bus, get off, take photos, back on the bus kind. But are you the average "not-average tourist" ;)
Nooooooooooo, I was about to go to Japan this November, using my iPhone 14 Pro to take pictures of Japan with less tourists............... With special privilege that’s not available for regular tourist of course.
something something tragedy of the commons
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Feels like everyone thinks they're not the average tourist. Ok well the average tourist is really the tour bus, get off, take photos, back on the bus kind. But are you the average "not-average tourist" ;)
I mean as in I could get special visa.
Personally, someone going with the main purpose to take photos of a place is the most touristy of tourists.
Even when I visit a place like Japan for 3 months, I barely take photos because it takes you out of it and you get in the way.
Take enough photos to capture key memories and places but mainly enjoy the actual adventure.
To not be a tourist in my mind you should be living there, not trying to document it.
But to each their own how they want to live, I just wanted to rant on your rant.
To fellow American HN people. Right now USD/JPY is around 145, and it was about 100 in 2020, which means almost 30% discount for everything! (Please note that CPI of Japan is not so high) Come to Japan, and enjoy!
Road trip across Japan is quickly moving to the top of my bucket list? Has anyone done it? How was it? Must see stops?
To fellow American HN people. Right now USD/JPY is around 145, and it was about 100 in 2020, which means almost 30% discount for everything! (Please note that CPI of Japan is not so high) Come to Japan, and enjoy!
What's the catch? Can anyone visit Japan without a visa? People of any country?
It's only a return to the previous norm.
Road trip across Japan is quickly moving to the top of my bucket list? Has anyone done it? How was it? Must see stops?
Edit: for some reason I'd interpreted the question as being about cycling. Leaving in case it's useful for cyclists or motorcyclists. I've done a lot of cycling across various bits of Japan, from shorter day trips on the order of 150km to longer 1000km+ trips. One thing to keep in mind for visiting cyclists on longer road trips: this may seem obvious but Japan is very mountainous which means a lot of narrow roads wit…
Does this mean tourists don't need a visa for Japan anymore? Including people with traditionally "weaker" passports like Uganda, India, etc.? The article linked elsewhere in the comments is not clear on this.