Hello. We have never been to Japan but my family and I love the culture, history, general social aspects of life in Japan. How clean the cities and even the rural areas are these days it shows, to me, there is a lot of pride in keeping things clean. The general politness and peacfulness, even in medium sized cities and towns when compared to one in the United States. We are so noisy here.
Recently I have started watching Youtube videos of people just filming walks through various areas of Japan from Kyoto, Osaka, rural villages in Hokkaido. Seeing the attention to detail for arranging flowers and it always seems like there is so much shared space and most people are very respectful. My wife has started to try to learn Japanese a year or so ago on her own.
I stumbled across a video highlighting the tourism in Kyoto and it pointed out some things that give me pause on visiting.
Video (English): Are Kyoto Locals Sick of "Tourists"?
Seeing how crowded things are from Tourists and how disrecpectful I see some of them being in that video makes me feel bad for wanting to visit. Not because I dont want to, but because I dont want to accidentally add to the problem.
That being said, I was wondering. I dont care about doing what all the tourism companies take you to do. I just want to be there to experience a normal day or two.
On to my question I suppose:
- Are there prime times of the year where tourism is bad and is there a time of the year that my family could visit when tourism isnt in full swing, like colder months?
by CallMeElderon