{"id":71007,"date":"2025-05-03T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T11:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/71007\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T11:22:09","slug":"japans-golden-week-loses-lustre-amid-soaring-hotel-prices-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/71007\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s \u2018golden week\u2019 loses lustre amid soaring hotel prices, inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/japan?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan<\/a>\u2019s annual \u201cgolden week\u201d holiday period gets into full swing on Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent soaring by record inbound tourism have left domestic travellers less eager to pack their bags.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Traditionally, golden week \u2013 which includes three consecutive public holidays \u2013 gives Japanese workers one of their longest breaks in the year, with many taking the opportunity to see other parts of Japan or to travel abroad.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But this year consumers in the world\u2019s fourth-largest economy are feeling the pain of rising prices for everything from cabbage and rice to electricity bills.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Japanese yen has lost around a third of its value since 2022, one factor behind the record number of foreign tourists also lured by the country\u2019s numerous attractions from Mount Fuji\u2019s majestic slopes to shrines and sushi bars.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The inflow of tourists has sent demand for hotel bookings spiralling upwards, with the room rate in Japan\u2019s five major cities around 16 per cent more expensive at the onset of this year\u2019s golden week than last year, according to a survey from Nikkei business daily.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man takes pictures of cherry blossoms at Hamacho Park in Tokyo\u2019s Chuo district on April 2. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a69a5a82-b079-4e4c-8854-d9b83e3e368e_7834eeda.jpg\" title=\"A man takes pictures of cherry blossoms at Hamacho Park in Tokyo\u2019s Chuo district on April 2. Photo: AFP\"\/>A man takes pictures of cherry blossoms at Hamacho Park in Tokyo\u2019s Chuo district on April 2. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">All this has translated into a tepid desire among Japanese residents to travel for this year\u2019s golden week, surveys have shown. The latter part of the holiday period began on Saturday and lasts until Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s annual \u201cgolden week\u201d holiday period gets into full swing on Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[35549,51,35543,1700,35311,35547,476,35548,35544,35545,35550,22671,2863,6985,5006,35546,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-71007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-atsushi-tanaka","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-domestic-tourism","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-golden-week","13":"tag-hotel-prices","14":"tag-inflation","15":"tag-intage","16":"tag-jtb","17":"tag-kyoto","18":"tag-mount-fuji","19":"tag-nikkei","20":"tag-overtourism","21":"tag-residents","22":"tag-tourism","23":"tag-tourist-arrivals","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114443645410622610","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}