When tourists do the ‘Nagoya skip,’ do they know what they’re skipping?
Despite historical, cultural and culinary draws, only 10% of overseas visitors set foot in Aichi and Gifu prefectures.
Nagoya – On a misty morning in September, a guide at the Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum points out that the weather eerily resembles that of October 10, 1600, the day when over 160,000 samurai clashed, marking the end of civil war and the beginning of the Edo Period. However, the museum, perched atop a fifth-floor observatory, is sparsely attended, with mostly Japanese visitors.
Despite samurai being a globally recognized symbol of Japan, such historical sites rarely draw significant tourist numbers. These sites, where samurai armies fought and bled, do not seem to entice many travelers.
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