Tuesday, 19 April 2022

The Wild West Outpost of Japan’s Isolationist Era

quote [ For two centuries, an extreme protectionist policy barred all foreigners from setting foot inside Japan…except for on one tiny island, a cramped cultural crossroads where anything could, and did, happen. ]

I was in Japan, buyin' drip and blowin' Yen
[SFW] [history] [+3 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT]

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avid said @ 5:17am GMT on 19th Apr
Japan's sakoku continues:

https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/cp/page22e_000925.html

TL;DR: Gaijin go away!

https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/japans-new-covid-19-border-rules-explained-022522

They are currently allowing 10,000 entries per day, which is maybe 30-40 planes' worth for the entire country per day.

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