Good news. Incheon<->Narita was already up and running, but spending half a day just to go to Korea was definitely not fun.
From earlier reports, I think South Korea had been hoping to resume visa-free travel both ways in conjunction with this route reopening, however it’s obviously not happened yet. It would be interesting to know to what extent it was discussed.
> South Korea’s Justice Ministry said Wednesday it will simplify the process of issuing visas to tourists from Japan and several other countries starting Friday, in a move to increase the number of visitors from overseas.
South Korea is one of the only countries to reciprocate Japan’s worldwide suspension of visa waivers. Visa-free travel used to be possible both ways, but currently a visa is needed both ways (for Korean and Japanese passport holders)
It isn’t a good idea to travel Japan in summer. It is hot as hell.
Mysterious, extinct Japanese wolf may hold clues to origins of dogs https://www.science.org/content/article/mysterious-extinct-japanese-wolf-may-hold-clues-origins-dogs
World’s largest indoor Harry Potter theme park opens in Tokyo https://japantoday.com/category/national/world’s-largest-indoor-harry-potter-theme-park-opens-in-tokyo
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Good news. Incheon<->Narita was already up and running, but spending half a day just to go to Korea was definitely not fun.
From earlier reports, I think South Korea had been hoping to resume visa-free travel both ways in conjunction with this route reopening, however it’s obviously not happened yet. It would be interesting to know to what extent it was discussed.
> South Korea’s Justice Ministry said Wednesday it will simplify the process of issuing visas to tourists from Japan and several other countries starting Friday, in a move to increase the number of visitors from overseas.
South Korea is one of the only countries to reciprocate Japan’s worldwide suspension of visa waivers. Visa-free travel used to be possible both ways, but currently a visa is needed both ways (for Korean and Japanese passport holders)
It isn’t a good idea to travel Japan in summer. It is hot as hell.