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Dressing in kimono and seeing the cherry blossoms is a popular activity for many visitors to Japan Cherry blossom season is significant in Japan due to its historical and cultural importance.

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TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

Japan’s chronic labour shortages and an increase in hotel supply costs are also pushing up the fees, he added. Keisuke Morimoto, who runs a kimono shop in Japan’s western Nara region ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on ... is famed for its kimono-clad geisha performers and increasingly crowded Buddhist temples.

One member previously told Japanese media about an instance of a maiko’s kimono being torn and another who had a cigarette butt put in the collar of her pristine outfit. In 2019, the Gion ...