Japan dethrones Thailand as top tourist spot

[Watawattana]

5 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

If you did retire in Japan what kind of long term visa would you pursue? I have researched it and the only options for long term stay in Japan seems to be: 1) Marriage(no way) 2) Employment (too old and Japanese companies do not like to hire Gaijin anyway 3) Education (Doubt I can I actually get accepted by a Japanese university 4) Japan has somekind of  long term visa that the government does not publicize?? My guess is wealthy people would know this but I am not wealthy. 

 

There are single-entry tourist visas, or 5-year multiple entry visas (max 90-day stay, extendable to 180 days, https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/multipleentry.html), so if I was keen I could do that.  But it is not a permanent solution.

 

I have a friend who has that multiple entry visa, and it works very well.

 

Here's are links to long-stay visas, no good for me - https://www.expatica.com/jp/move/immigration/japan-visa-79399/#long-stay & https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/long/index.html

 

There is no retirement visa that I know of, but going as a tourist is probably enough for me.

[sqwakvfr]

16 minutes ago, Watawattana said:

 

There are single-entry tourist visas, or 5-year multiple entry visas (max 90-day stay, extendable to 180 days, https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/multipleentry.html), so if I was keen I could do that.  But it is not a permanent solution.

 

I have a friend who has that multiple entry visa, and it works very well.

 

Here's are links to long-stay visas, no good for me - https://www.expatica.com/jp/move/immigration/japan-visa-79399/#long-stay & https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/long/index.html

 

There is no retirement visa that I know of, but going as a tourist is probably enough for me.

I heard from an American who was actually studying in Japan and he said in order to rent an apartment a Japanese person had to be something like a guarantor or reference. He was not clear on that point but he sounded like without a Japanese person a foreigner could not rent an apartment in Japan. Have you heard something different?  

[steven100]

4 hours ago, BarBoy said:

Japan is better than Thailand in almost every conceivable way and the people are well mannered, orderly and law abiding.

correct ..they're not scum..

[BarBoy]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

correct ..they're not scum..

class acts the Japanese and the women are super cool.

[NanLaew]

8 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

...or just maybe Thailand is the overhyped shiny turd that it is.

 

...or just maybe some folks didn't do any due diligence before committing to Thailand.

 

Don't sweat it, you're certainly not alone.

[NanLaew]

8 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

I never came here thinking I would stay, it was only supposed to be temporary, I sucked it up for my family's sake. Now after the pandemic we find ourselves stuck here, it's like a cruel joke, but it's not....this place is about as close to Hell as I have ever been.

 

Hell is Lubbock, TX especially if you have to drive there from Houston.

[Aussie999]

5 hours ago, Watawattana said:

 

oh dear... you missed my humour

There wasn't any to miss... oh dear.

[NanLaew]

8 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

I'm married with a daughter, and we didn't meet in Thailand, nor have I ever spent a day here in any bar chasing any girls. It may appeal to barstool expats, old men chasing women half their age, or those interested in pedophilia, but that's about it.

 

Yeah, mine's different too.

[NanLaew]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

as I pointed out,  Japan isn't known for scammers, cheats and lairs like here.  

enough said on that subject. 

 

"Isn't known" does not equate with "there are none".

 

But I guess you've spent a lot of time living and working in Japan, away from the touristy places?

[NanLaew]

7 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Japan has an average IQ of 106, the highest in the World, Thailand is barely treading water at 88. I think education is seriously lacking here in Thailand, but that's by design, last thing the Elite want is an "educated people".

 

Texas is second from last in the US state IQ leagues.

 

But this thread is about Japan's nascent tourist industry, so let's not go there.

[NanLaew]

7 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

As opposed to the screaming high tones of Thai's? 

 

Sounds like you have been hangin' with them ladyboys.

 

6 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Those are called ladyboys.

 

T'aint no bad thang, eh?

 

[NativeBob]

11 hours ago, jcmj said:

and people trying to scam tourists any way they can. Sad, but true. If they don’t do anything about it they will definitely lose even more tourists. They need to wake up and get rid of these problems and not just focus on more events. 

And they did it! 

They created tourist police! 

[Watawattana]

3 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

I heard from an American who was actually studying in Japan and he said in order to rent an apartment a Japanese person had to be something like a guarantor or reference. He was not clear on that point but he sounded like without a Japanese person a foreigner could not rent an apartment in Japan. Have you heard something different?  

I have not, but I’m not an expert on that. 

[Watawattana]

2 hours ago, Aussie999 said:

There wasn't any to miss... oh dear.

Now I’m laughing. At you. 

[kevozman1]

Dethroned? What does that mean? Thailand is never the country with the highest levels of tourism. Just off the top of my head I can think of 5-6 countries that get more tourists than Thailand every year.. but anyway Thailand or Japan? Thailand. Mostly because I don't want to live around a bunch of weirdo robots + Thailand is cheaper and tropical. 

[kevozman1]

15 hours ago, mdr224 said:

Japan gets the kind of tourists that thailands government is trying to attract but cant because they allow chinese and russians to freeflow in

 

You mean autistic people and introverted weeaboos? I will take Nosehair Bob and Chang Vest Pete over them..

[TedG]

6 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

Texas is second from last in the US state IQ leagues.

 

But this thread is about Japan's nascent tourist industry, so let's not go there.

Why lie? 

 

 

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-average-iq-score-by-state/

[TedG]

Japan has modern, clean cities and efficient transportation.   Thailand is Thailand. 

[kevozman1]

15 minutes ago, TedG said:

Japan has modern, clean cities and efficient transportation.   Thailand is Thailand. 

 

Ok maybe for people who like cities and have no social skills or are highly introverted, an East Asian city could be the preferred place. I prefer to be around actual humans somewhere that's by the coast in the tropics or up in the mountains. Moving from Europe to sit in a Japanese city, that is a rip off of Western European cities (like pretty much all major cities now) just doesn't do it for me, but hey everyone has their own preferences I suppose. 

[Hawaiian]

2 hours ago, kevozman1 said:

Dethroned? What does that mean? Thailand is never the country with the highest levels of tourism. Just off the top of my head I can think of 5-6 countries that get more tourists than Thailand every year.. but anyway Thailand or Japan? Thailand. Mostly because I don't want to live around a bunch of weirdo robots + Thailand is cheaper and tropical. 

The OP should have mentioned the statistics apply to Asia and the Pacific region and not the entire world.