The Asahi Weekly has recently carried a series of stories which focus on tourist destinations in Japan that are particularly popular among certain groups of foreign tourists. The first looks at why Hiroshima continues to draw American visitors, while Germans continue to flock to Tokushima a century after WW1 through its POW links. The secluded Koyasan in Wakayama continues to attract legions of French visitors, while unspoiled Takayama finds favour among the Spanish. The slopes of Hakuba in Nagano give a snow break to Australians, while Taiwanese flock to Tateyama for pretty much the same experience. Koreans now visualise themselves in the hanryu hotspots of Akita and Tottori, yet Chinese visitors are drawn to Hokkaido for movie tie-in locations. Finally the cradle of Japan-Mexico relations in Chiba finds a receptive audience among newly-weds.
