Originally Posted by
aussiegaigin
Japan is my favourite destination; a beautiful place to visit, but not really a punting destination. Restricted, and often expensive.
My intel suggests some of the foreigner friendly/dependent places have closed already. Past experience suggests it could be a long time before foreigners will be "trusted" to be "safe" customers.
I read a comment that when the border is opened again, it could be restricted to "business purposes" and access to public transport will be limited.
But if you have reasonable social skills, "freebies" should still be readily available.