Asia
Sushi, selfies & serenity: Navigating Japan in the age of Insta-tourism
Japan’s quiet lessons to leave a light traveller’s footprint are loud and clear in a time of overtourism and social media oversharing
09 February 2025 - 00:00
Nightfall has come as I land in Tokyo in early autumn. Tokyo is neon, also moodily silent for the world’s most populous city. It feels like I’ve stepped into a futuristic dystopian darkness, the “nihon noir” of movies such as Blade Runner or Ghost in the Shell...
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