SoraNews24 —Japan News—

One country’s travelers spend more than double the total average for tourists in Japan, and it’s one the Japanese tourism industry hasn’t paid much attention to.

Japan
(COK • Japan Tourism Agency • Japan travel • Mexico • Survey on Inbound Tourism Spending Trends • tourism • travel)

Japan’s ultracompact kei car taxis are now ready for travelers to ride, if you know where to find them

Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026

Shift in government policy allows Japan’s smallest cars to address a big problem for the taxi industy.

Japan
(cabs • cars • Japan travel • kei cars • kei jidosha • taxis • tourism • travel • video)

Is Japan’s tourism boom slowing down? Foreign visitor numbers fall for first time in five years

Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2026

New report shows a worrying trend, but is it the beginning of the end for Japan’s popularity as a tourist destination?

Japan
(foreign tourists • hotels • Japan travel • jnto • news • tourism • tourists • travel)

Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea raising ticket prices, free Fast Pass ending next month

Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2026

New economic realities are coming to the place that bills itself as the land of dreams.

Japan
(Amusement Parks • COK • Disney • Disney Sea • Disneyland • Japan travel • Oriental Land • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • tourism • travel)

Japan has otaku/fan event insurance to cover oshikatsu expenses when events are cancelled

Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2026

If you don’t want to travel if you can’t see your oshi, JCB understands.

Japan
(Insurance • Japan travel • oshi • oshikatsu • otaku • tourism • travel)

Enoshima’s magical night lantern festival is back this summer with spectacular views

Elliot Hale
Jul 12, 2026

An island transforms into a wonderland of digital art, musical sea shells, and 1,000 glowing lanterns.

Japan
(art • beautiful • culture • day-trips • digital art • digital art exhibition • Enoshima • Enoshima Tourou • festival • Fujisawa • illumination • Japanese lanterns • Kanagawa • lantern festival • shrine • summer festival • tourism • travel)

Japan’s Pokémon hot spring reinstalls all damaged statues, adds no-touching rule

Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2026

Gyarados, Psyduck, and Vaporeon all needed repairs just weeks after the Pokémon footbath opened.

Japan
(anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot springs • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Three new starter Pokémon Jets to fly in Japan, first begins carrying passengers this month

Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2026

30 years after the releases of Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, travelers in Japan can ride on the Red, Green, and Blue Pokémon Jets.

Japan
(airplanes • All Nippon Airways • ANA • anime • cool • cute • Japan travel • Pikachu • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Foreign tourists staying in one part of Japan can now get nightly government hotel discounts

Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2026

As of this month, exploring off the beaten path in Kyushu can save you a whole lot of cash.

Japan
(deals • foreign tourists • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Prefecture • Go Fukuoka • hotels • Japan travel • Kyushu • tourism • travel)

Set sail on top of a giant pirate ship to watch Japan’s summer fireworks

Elliot Hale
Jul 10, 2026

Why fight the landlubbers on shore for a decent view when you can take to the waters of Lake Ashi for a crowd-free festival?

Japan
(boats • COK • fireworks • fireworks festivals • Hakone • Japan travel • Kanagawa • Lake Ashi • Lake Ashinoko • pirate boat • pirate ship • summer festivals • tourism • travel)

Kurokawa Onsen celebrates 40 years of its beloved bathing pass with redesign, summer festivities

Krista Rogers
Jul 9, 2026

The bathing pass deal is a dream come true for anyone who likes going hot springs hopping.

Japan
(hot springs • Japan travel • Kumamoto • Kumamoto Prefecture • Kurokawa Onsen • onsen • spa • tourism • travel)

Japanese airport rebrands itself as “Sushi Airport” to attract foreign tourists

Oona McGee
Jul 9, 2026

Soon you’ll be able to book a flight to Toyama-Takayama Sushi Airport in Japan.

Japan
(airports • flights • foreign tourists • inbound tourism • international tourists • Japan travel • news • Sushi Airport • tourism • Toyama • Toyama Airport • Toyama Prefecture • travel • travel news)

Japan now has a Pokémon airport that features every species of Flying-type ever[Video]

Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2026

Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport wants to help bring travelers to a part of Japan that could use more visitors.

Japan
(Air travel • airports • anime • awesome • cool • cute • Ishikawa • Japan travel • manga • Noto • Noto Peninsula • Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport • Pikachu • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Tokyo revises accommodation tax amidst tourism boom, Airbnb rentals now included

Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2026

Both Japanese and overseas travellers could soon be paying more to stay in Tokyo.

Japan
(accommodation • accommodation tax • Airbnb • hotels • Japan travel • news • overtourism • tax • Tokyo • Tokyo accommodation • tokyo hotels • tourism • tourists • travel)

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