The country of the rising sun always manages to top our travel wish list, a classification that was interrupted by the pandemic and that we can finally resume: Japan opens its borders from next Friday, June 10.
The Japanese government and Japan National Tourist Office (JNTO) they pronounce themselves with good news for the summer. The Japanese country leaves its doors open to international tourists, who will be able to visit the destination alone through combined trips and accompanied by tour guides.
Now yes, we can return to our beloved Tokyo.
The greatest benefits of the statement seem to fall on the Spanish. All travelers will be able to enter the country with a negative PCR test made 72 hours in advance. Vaccinated or not, Spanish tourists will not be required to quarantine upon arrival.
Perhaps Japan is one of the countries that receives the most visitors throughout the year. Reasons are not lacking: the Mount Fuji, the hustle and bustle of tokyo, the temples of Kyoto and endless reasons that have made us yearn for destiny for this long time, not to mention its natural enclaves and gastronomy that conquered our stomach long ago.
After two years of closure, the JNTO has set out to give us more reasons to pack. After working side by side with travel agencies, tourist offices and airlines , Japan has important events prepared that will once again give it the popularity it deserves.
We also return to its nature, like the Kumano Kodo route.
The celebration of World Gastronomic Tourism Forum of the World Tourism Organization, in December 2022, the Adventure Travel World Summit , in 2023, or the Expo 2025 in Osaka will be just some of the celebrations that will be waiting for us.
The rest? What we already knew: its ancestral customs aligned with the most absolute innovation, its sanctuaries, architecture, its inhabitants... Any of its corners is an invitation to catch a plane, perhaps only one way. Japan reopens and we can't wait to set foot on its soil.