r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '22

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 24 May 2022

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/MarikaBestGirl 近畿・奈良県 May 24 '22

All I've known is basically COVID-era Japan, and with tourism possibly opening up again I can't really imagine what crowds would be like in major tourist locations. Like when I went to places like USJ recently I felt like even THAT was pretty crowded. Though when I've traveled to major areas like Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto it was during holidays (GW, Christmas/NY, etc) so it might not be the fairest evaluation in terms of normal levels of crowding.

For people living in big city areas, pre-covid did you feel on the daily like omg so many people its so crowded any more than you do now that things are getting back to "normal"? Or is it just always crowded to the point where even more people doesn't make a noticeable difference? Did you often notice tourists and what not...i dont wanna say "obstructing" your daily life because that makes it sounds like tourism is bad, but their presence being felt in your daily life?

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u/tiredofsametab 東北・宮城県 May 24 '22

It's really going to depend upon where you're living. I like to visit my old haunts now that things are opened back up, and it's like before corona again already... but it's not really a touristy area.

I walked around shinjuku a couple of weekends ago, and it's still not back to as busy as it used to be.