Submitted by grandlewis t3_10hf5pi in todayilearned
Reply to comment by Freak_Out_Bazaar in TIL Japan is considered the world's most powerful passport, with visa-free access to 193 countries. Singapore and South Korea are close behind with 192 countries. Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan are the least powerful, all with visa-free access to 30 or less countries. by grandlewis
It has a lot to do with the lack of time for holidays and the fact that so many people all go on holiday at the same time which jacks up the prices.
You also have to factor in the fear many have of interacting with foreigners, the fear of crime/terrorism, and the amount of time it takes to get from Japan to countries they might like to visit.
Makes sense although lack of holidays isn’t really an excuse since we actually do have many. All your other points makes sense though. If Japan was accessible by land I bet a lot more people would have passports
There are lots of national holidays but they are a bit short for international travel unless you count Golden Week, that's a nightmare time to travel. I'd rather stay in the city where it's nice and quiet lol
Otherwise, a lot of personal holiday time goes unused.
Well that doesn't really explain their lack of domestic travel. I've had many Japanese students that were shocked I took the shankesein to different places each day. Even 3 hours away.
It's like you guys have a bullet train across your entire country of course I'm going to use it.
So yeah I'd say it more has to do with culture and work culture. As the Japanese I talked to even found my domestic travel around Japan odd.
Taking the shinkansen every day can be very expensive.
Also, many students don't have much free time or energy after school (sometimes six days a week), homework, club, juku, and any other after school activities.
My son is a student and he likes to travel on the trains but he can only really do it once a week by getting up at 4am on Saturdays.
They can also be xenophobic society. Why learn about other cultures when ours is superior mentality.
No, not even close. Many Japanese people actually aspire to travel to other countries, but are afraid of not being able to speak the language, understand customs, etc not to mention it can be pretty far to get to many places outside of Asia (even Singapore is a 6 hour plane ride from Tokyo and so many people have to travel hours just to get to their nearest airport). So the mentality then becomes, "why leave and go somewhere that's going to stress me out when there are all these places within Japan that I have yet to see and be understood?"
now THAT is a wild generalization.
dont forget their work culture, its normal for many of them to sleep overnight in the office or come way eariler to work just to look good in front of bosses, taking vacations would work against that
No, that’s not normal and very much an anomaly. I’ve worked in Japan for the last 15+ years
But that guy read a TIL once and now knows the ins and outs of Japanese culture!
That guy’s a noob! I learned everything about Japan from this episode of some anime my friend made me watch in high school. I don’t remember what it was called, but it had a floating turtle and some boy living with a bunch of girls.
Also, fun fact! In Japan, a fish in your shorts is 8 years of neither good nor bad luck! The Japanese are very superstitious.
Why do many Koreans travel overseas then? It's the same or even worse situation work wise.
This. On average its what 10 days off per year? Not including golden week where some businesses obviously don't close. They do want to travel its just the time off isn't there.
Okay so japanese people should not be so racist is that what you are trying to say?
Have to say I've met a few groups of Japanese natives who put it to use while working,
One thing most of them had in common they always opened up when they recognized the Evangelion shirt I would always wear.
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