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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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SUMMER FIGURES Tourism agency releases first ‘minpaku’ stats since new lawOctober 17, 2018 The number of tourists who stayed at “minpaku” private lodgings nationwide over six weeks from June 15, when new legislation regulating the sector took effect, was 83,238, the Japan Tourism Agency said.
FIRST IN JAPAN Shrine adopts cashless system to accommodate Chinese touristsOctober 17, 2018 NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Historic Nikko Futarasanjinja here is moving with the times by becoming the nation’s first Shinto shrine to cater to Chinese tourists accustomed to not using cash by accepting worshipers’ offerings electronically.

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