Japan Has Changed: MAJOR Updates for Winter Spring 2025 You Need to Know!
Japan has Changed and these important travel updates for 2025 are crucial to plan your perfect trip: From record-breaking tourism numbers and rising hotel prices to the improvement of a nationwide startup visa, we cover everything you need to plan your perfect Japan trip. Learn about new ride-hailing rules in Osaka, affordable medical services for travelers, unique snacks for Winter/Spring, and even surprising trends like skyrocketing cabbage prices.
Don’t miss insights on Kyoto’s proposed tax changes, the Toyama tourism spotlight, and exciting collaborations like the Disney-themed Shinkansen and KitKat x Pizza Hut! These updates will help you make the most of your Japan adventure. 🌸
Stay positive and plan smarter—watch now! 🇯🇵
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro to Japan’s important updates for Winter/Spring 2025
00:27 Overtourism numbers are crazy
01:03 All about hotels going up in price in Japan
01:31 Kyoto might be putting up acomodation tax to record highs
02:13 Duty free changes finally a real update
02:39 Japan’s updated Business visa
03:19 The drama of Fuji Lawson continues
04:03 New York Times places to visit Toyama and Osaka
04:58 Easy Medical care for non Japanese speakers
05:42 Cabbages are more expensive than Pork right now
06:28 New Canadian Routes to Japan?
06:52 Hidden price increases
07:22 Easier Ride hailing for Osaka
08:14 Disney Shinkansen
08:35 Starbucks Valentines merch
08:58 Kit kat Pizza hut collab looks weird
09:38 Randy Donuts comes to Japan
25 Comments
The 24 hour medical service at hotels will be amazing!
When I visited last summer I had a medical issue. The hotel concierge spent hours on the phone trying to find a clinic that would take a foreigner. So grateful for her
Another nice update! 🎌🎌🎌
|🔴| I couldn't find a Japanese flag… so I improvised. Also, that Pizza Hut KitKat would be a hard pass. Sadly, I won't be back in Japan until either December of this year or August of next year; I have the yen, but saving USD for the flight and Japan rail is a work in progress.
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👺PC wont let me select a japan flag emoji for some reason so here's a tengu mask👺
While Kanazawa and closeby Toyama (70km) both allow access into the surrounding areas, Toyama is more centrally located to explore the Noto Peninsula and the Japanese northern Alps as well as inland to Shirakawa-go and Takayama.
We split our 11-day stay in 2019 between Kanazawa and Toyama, both have great things to see & explore. Between the two we enjoyed the offerings of Toyama the most.
Gotta run 🏃🏼 …. need to book hotels for my upcoming May trip FAST 💰😅
I must say I fear for the Japanese cabbage patch kids. It must be an apocalyptic situation. Course this raises the question are cabbage patch kids even a thing any more? 🇯🇵
I think the theme for those really reading is planning planning and planning.
The other is this year is probably the worst year to go to the kansai region if you are not a crowd lover. The Osaka expo will draw a lot of crowd there and the surrounding key sights will be packed.
Not surprised about kitkat and pizza hut japan, they have always had the most unusual flavor combo!
Randy's doughnuts are decent, but nothing really special. It's the roof of the original L.A. store that makes them memorable.
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🇯🇵 a lot of good topics , especially medical care for travellers, once I got sick in 2016 and the worker walked me to the doctor nearby and told him my symptoms, medication administered , so grateful
🇯🇵 i love your non clickbaity videos
That KitKat Pizza concoction looks surreal!
Thanks for your videos, as always informative, concise and entertaining 🇯🇵
Randy's Donuts is a staple donut shop in California. It's great to see them further expand internationally. Yes, the donuts are really good and my family used to own a donut shop back in the 90's.
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Lucky I’m already booked for Osaka if so many people are going to visit this year. There was a cabbage shortage in 2022 also. Thanks Nathan for another great video. Lots of research there. The Hello Kitty Shinkansen is going to be decommissioned and replaced with One Piece apparently ❤
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Was kind of hoping it was the drinkable mayo, it was a unforgettable drink
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Randys is the best donut shop period
Thank you for the updates, problem with over tourism is China travelling again and Japan's slow adaptation to getting back to pre pandemic levels. 🇯🇵
im going to japan in september, should i book my hotels now or wait a bit for the prices to drop, thanks
My wife and I are super excited about our trip to Hokkaido next month! Wish us luck! Hope to run into you while in Tokyo.
🇯🇵 great update. I'm back in Mid March but kitkat pizzas is a step too far for me 😂