Maiko are considered one of the great sights of Japanese tourism, and look very different from fully qualified geisha.

Onsen were traditionally used as public bathing places and today play a central role in directing Japanese domestic tourism.

A slowdown in Japanese tourism has now been exacerbated by a dearth of American visitors.

The company has started operations in Beijing, mainly handling Japanese tourism in China.

After 9/11, Japanese tourism in the Fairbanks area "dropped to zero," according to local tourism officials.

Hawaii, for instance, is dependent on Japanese tourism, and that has not come back yet.

During the boom years in Japanese tourism in the mid-1980's, occupancy rates reached 80 percent and above.

The marketing drive resulted in an upturn in Japanese tourism to Australia, which was credited to Thorpe.

Within five years of this decision, Japanese tourism to the island dramatically increased, prompting a major increase in the number of hotels.

Bailey's really took off when Japanese tourism boomed in Hawaii.