Security guards patrol a cherry blossom viewing spot in Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan. April is Japan’s peak cherry blossom, or sakura, season, but the coronavirus has made tourists stay at home. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus: Japan’s cherry blossom season sees tourists stay away
- ‘Tourists were overflowing. This is about right,’ says one Kyoto local who had grown weary of traffic jams and nuisance tourists during cherry blossom season
- But widening travel restrictions and closures of most tourism and entertainment venues have gutted Japan’s tourism industry
Security guards patrol a cherry blossom viewing spot in Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan. April is Japan’s peak cherry blossom, or sakura, season, but the coronavirus has made tourists stay at home. Photo: AFP
