Travels before the pandemic

Two years have passed since the Covid-19 pandemic was declared. Our lives were completely different before and after this pandemic.

I used to travel abroad every few months before the pandemic, but I have been staying in Japan for the past two years.

Looking back, It was amazing how easy it was to search for cheap flight tickets on skyscanner and travel abroad. I traveled abroad a lot with super discounted tickets, it is a fond memory.

Popular tourist destinations crowded with many travelers are a thing of the past. (At that time, a round-trip ticket from Tokyo to New York was less than US$300)

In 2016~2017, there was a drop in fuel prices and airline ticket prices were incredibly low. A round trip ticket form Tokyo to Europe was also about US$300.

Seoul, Korea is very close to Japan, the round-trip ticket to seoul was often less than US$100. It was even possible to travel to Korea just for have a meal on the weekend.

At that time, there was no way to predict what would happen to the world in a few years.

Japanese tourist destinations were also crowded with many tourists before the pandemic. (It was Hakodate, 2018)

The ropeway was crowded with group tourists, and languages other than Japanese (mainly Chinese) were spoken.

After the pandemic, the same is deserted. (Hakodate, 2021)

Now you can have this place all to yourself.

The night view of Mt. Hakodate is very beautiful and highly recomended.

I miss the time when other popular Japanese tourist destinations were also crowded with many tourists. (Kiyomizudera, Kyoto, 2018)

Fushimi Inari taisha, Kyoto, 2018.

Kyoto is also a calm place these days.

When the infectioin situation is calmer, there are still a fair number of tourists these days, but in my opinion, Kyoto looks better when there are fewer people around.

Before the pandemic, the streets of Tokyo were also filled with tourists with suitcases, but now it feels like such a long time ago that I can't even remember.

The world has already changed and we need to gradually adapt to the coming situation.

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