Walk the Torque wrote:Hi Folks,
I am planning a trip to Japan next year.
Zonker wrote:Walk the Torque wrote:Hi Folks,
I am planning a trip to Japan next year.
Maybe. I suggest that you pay very close attention to Japan’s entry restrictions and requirements before you buy airline tickets. Japan is very behind the rest of the world with regard to Covid-19 vaccinations and no one has a booster, yet. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law just got their second shots last month. As of today, gaikujin are required to quarantine in a hotel room that is located close to the arriving airport for 14-days and then test negative for Covid-19 before being allowed to continue with travel plans. By quarantined, Japan means that you cannot leave that hotel room for 14-days. If you hold a Japanese passport, you can travel on to your destination in Japan, quarantine for three days and then submit a negative test result.
Have you visited Japan before or do you have friends/family already there to arrange introductions? Japan is not like China, Europe or the U.S. and Japanese budo teachers don’t usually appreciate foreigners popping up at their dojo unannounced to watch a class, especially if that person has no plans of joining the dojo. Koryu ryuha (i.e. Shinkage) absolutely require an introduction and dojo visits have to be arranged in advance. Aikido dojo and Judo dojo are, somewhat, more relaxed but not all. If you want to observe budo, you ought to time a trip that coincides with annual public demonstrations. With regard to Chinese martial arts, I would suggest looking around the cities of Tsukuba and/or Yokohama to seek out teachers.
Walk the Torque wrote:Hi Folks,
I am planning a trip to Japan next year. I wont be there for long but would love to see some Wang Su Chin related practitioners, Some Yi Quan, or any other highly regarded internal stuff; and of course Karate.
Does anyone have suggestions?
Many thanks in advance.
Konn
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