Almost 32 million people visited Japan in 2019 – another year in a row with a dynamic growth of foreign tourists coming to the country. Obviously, the pandemic put a drastic halt to it as the Land of the Rising Sun almost completely sealed off its borders. I expect things to change a lot in the upcoming years, and the Olympics which have been postponed until the next year might still not happen.
Oh well, I’m not going to beat a dead horse. My second trip to Asia, which took place between September and October last year was very special to me. While my first adventure in Japan in 2017 was memorable as I finally fulfilled my life dream, the second one was motivated by extreme longing for my return to this beautiful country, but it was also a somewhat introspective journey just before I was about to turn 30. 3.5 weeks alone touring South Korea and Japan? Count me in. Read more →