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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Article by Elizabeth Kiritani and illustrations by Kiritani Itsuo
Recently many more Japanese citizens are traveling abroad than visitors are coming to Japan. Various government think tanks are busy at work trying to reduce this deficit by luring tourists to Tokyo as well as local towns. This has resulted in a great deal of "town and city planning" being mulled over to encourage more tourism. Yet recently I've been noticing that much of Japan's new culture, it's real vibrancy, is springing up not so much from big top-down projects, but from the creativity and energy of local citizens. This ...