As the haze of the epidemic passes, the "aftermath of the catastrophe" is full of new life. In addition to us, the economy of neighboring Japan is also beginning to recover.
If there is anyone who continues to slump or even collapses in this vibrant area, it should be the yen itself. Seeing that the tourism industry is becoming more and more supportive, greatly exceeding the pre-epidemic trend, the yen is becoming more and more "stretched", and has continued to fall since last week, breaking the lowest record in 34 years.
Hit those directly
The Japanese who were preparing to travel abroad were caught off guard, and they couldn't even smile when they faced the interview camera.
You see this team of cheerleaders from Kagoshima who are about to leave for the United States to compete in the world competition. In order to exchange more dollars, the team leader wandered around the major exchange points at the airport. But in the face of the yen's unsupportable exchange rate, the more I tried, the more sad I became, and finally 40,000 yen was exchanged for 250 dollars.
Facing the camera, the team leader looked bitter: I knew it was low, but I didn't expect it to be so low, 40,000 yen for 250 US dollars, which is a bit "amazing".
Looking at this side again, even watching Shohei Ohtani on the spot can't be exchanged for their bright smile from the heart, and they are preparing to embark on a flight to the United States at this moment. In addition to watching the game, they also added Disneyland to their itinerary. However, this expression... Except for the young lady in white on the left, everyone else was a little bitter.
The father of the head of the family said that the moment he exchanged dollars, he had expected that this trip would be a semi-poor trip, and he heard that it would cost 3,000-4,000 yen to eat anything casually, and the family probably couldn't eat too expensive things on this trip to the United States.
If you want to say miserable, still
The little brother below is even worse. The yen is depreciating, and you can choose not to travel overseas, but it is not possible to study abroad. The annual accommodation fee alone is nearly 1.2 million yen, and in order to save money, the younger brother has already started to cook for himself.
Of course, some people are sorrowful, and some people rejoice. This way
The Japanese are crying when they look at the exchange rate, and the corners of the mouths of overseas tourists over there are more difficult to suppress than AK. Thanks to the depreciation of the yen, Japan, which is already a popular destination for overseas tourists, has soared again in the minds of foreign tourists, and it doesn't take much effort to come out on top.
This little brother from the United States deeply regrets this, and sympathizes with it, but not much: It is indeed a bit hard for Japan, but for Americans, this is an excellent overseas sightseeing destination! Look at the corners of the little brother's mouth that reach his ears and the two rows of big white teeth that are bared.
Looking back and thinking about the news a few days ago, the Japanese who picked and searched for perfect dollars and brought their own rations to lie in Hawaii... It can only be said that this interview is not very offensive to the Japanese people, and it is extremely lethal.
The May Day holiday coincided with the collapse of the yen, which is tantamount to someone giving you a pillow when you are sleepy, and you will not go to Japan for a long time.
As a result, this May Golden Week, tourists from overseas can be seen flying in from various shopping malls and tourist attractions in Japan.
The price is still the same as before, but when you convert it back and forth, it is even lower than you imagined! For the first time in my life, I spent money as if I had taken advantage of someone...
And as the TOP1 of the overseas God of Wealth in the minds of Japanese stores, it is naturally impossible for tourists from the Great Celestial Empire to let go of this, and the money that usually buys one piece can now be bought for one and a half opportunities.
The young ladies of the Chinese people took advantage of the good opportunity of the collapse of the yen and started the crazy buying and buying mode of luxury goods. Because the performance is too tyrant, it doesn't look like it's buying bags, and one by one it seems to have gone to Tokyo to buy goods. The operation was as fierce as a tiger, and Louis Vuitton bought a sense of immediacy of a local Japanese souvenir.
For example, the young lady captured by the Japanese reporter in front of her, with her cute and loving back, looks slender and soft, but she walks like a fly with her booty, and her body is full of happiness.
This cute, sassy, and heroic back, coupled with the LV in his hand, almost blinded the eyes of Japanese reporters.
The "God of Wealth" young lady from the Celestial Empire is not the only one. What girl doesn't like shopping, or is it this kind of spending less to do more things, which feels so wonderful. So the young ladies couldn't help but post the results of their "labor" on the Internet and share the joy of their sweeping.
A Chinese lady popped out the spoils she had harvested in Japan LV on her social platform. I saw that the young lady in the photo was full of LV handbags, and the attached text said that she came together in the morning and rushed to LV to sweep the goods, and she had all the popular and popular models she wanted, and she couldn't help it for a while, and she was in the bag, which was too cost-effective.
Some people even said bluntly: Affected by the fall of the yen, Japan has become the cheapest country in the world for luxury goods.
Posts like this one are popping up on domestic social networking sites.
In order to seize the first-hand news of the recovery of the explosive purchase, a reporter from Japan's ANN went to Beijing Capital International Airport to conduct an on-the-spot interview.
Looking at the long queue of check-in, statistics from a large domestic travel agency show that the most popular destination for Chinese people to travel overseas this year is Japan.
As for why Japan is the first choice, I think the answer is already coming out. Of course, everyone is concerned about the collapse of the yen, and the trip to Japan, whether it is food, accommodation or shopping, is super cost-effective!!
Four years ago, in 2020, the ratio of RMB to JPY was 1 yuan equal to 14 yen, but now 1 yuan can be exchanged for about 22 yen, which is nearly doubled.
On the streets of Ginza, Tokyo, Chinese tourists carrying luxury bags can be seen everywhere.
In addition to the major luxury stores, second-hand luxury stores are also popular with Chinese tourists. In order to better serve the gods, this second-hand store in Daikanyama, Tokyo, specially hired Chinese-speaking staff last month.
With a clerk who can speak Chinese, the Chinese local tycoons have no scruples, paying at the speed of light one by one, for fear that others will seize the opportunity if they pay one second late.
In this regard, Japanese netizens have said: I will do this question, I am a witness to their famous scene.
If you go to places like Akihabara or Nihonbashi in Osaka, you will see a lot of foreigners buying especially old trading cards. The price is too high for me!, but given the depreciation of the yen, these cards should sell well by now.
This afternoon, I wandered around a department store in Tokyo and noticed a long line at the entrance. Looking ahead, it turned out to be a well-known leather goods store.
Since the store can only accommodate the number of waiters, the next customer cannot enter until the previous customer has finished selecting the product and leaves.
I've never seen a queue on a weekday, but today it was really long.
Just passing by, you can tell which country you are from by the clothing.
Even though I've always heard about the country's economic downturn, I think the purchasing power of the people who come to Japan is really strong.
Before the pandemic, I often saw foreign tour groups in the nearby busy streets, shopping spree at luxury stores, electrical appliance stores, pharmacies, and even 100-yen stores.
Recently, I didn't notice this because there are a lot of supermarkets near where I live and I don't go to the busy street much, but it seems that this situation has come back again.
Japanese people may feel that prices are rising and items are expensive, but for foreigners, the prices here may be cheap and enviable.
The "explosive buying" of the Chinese back then has already made the Japanese rise once "insight", and this time I am afraid that it will not usher in the second spring of explosive buying~