Originally Posted by
gengar
Was in Ginza several days last week and didn't notice a difference, to be honest. As per usual I heard more mainland Chinese than Japanese being spoken.
My understanding is that only group tours have been stopped.
Am here in central Ginza now. Often work in this area so I have been seeing it daily. My observations:
- More folks wearing masks overall. Almost half. White people still tend not to. Lol
- Indeed still plenty of Chinese, but less and less crowded. Not by 75%, maybe 25%. Department stores are more noticeable. Outside GINZA also more noticeable (ex: Isetan Shinjuku yesterday).
- Group tours account for almost all of the Chinese tourists in places like Ginza according to my local travel agent, but no clue if he has accurate data.
No matter what, from what I read online (lol), the virus will peak fairly soon and all this will be over. Let’s see if that’s indeed true...