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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 1:45 am
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Originally Posted by AirCanada881
Hi all
Like most, I'm curious about the current situation in Japan with the coronavirus, & I don't mean to take benefit from the outbreak, but I have two questions:
- Are any of you cancelling trips to Japan due to the outbreak? Should we? Or is the situation locally overhyped?
- Should we expect any decrease in accomodation prices due to the decrease of tourism? (Ryokans, and others)

I'm due for a trip to the Kansai region for 3 weeks late April, so obviously alot can happen until then but I haven't book any accomodation yet & I know I'm running late.
Thanks all for your sound advice
This is uncharted territory. Nobody can possibly tell you what things are going to be like two months from now. Things could be completely back to normal, we could be in the midst of a Wuhan style crackdown, or it could be anything in between. And it may even differ by region of the country.
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