Would you go for a free trip to Japan?

This news has, indeed, been widely circulated and here is just one report from a reputable British website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8818400/Japan-offers-10000-free-trips-to-foreigners.html Notice that the report specifically says that Japan will NOT cover accomodation expenses! I did some further research, however, and find that the idea is still very much under discussion - see this notice on the Japan Tourism Agency's official website: http://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/en/page01_000222.html Clearly, if you are interested in the competition, you should bookmark the site and, if possible, register your interest so that they can send you an announcement. Japan is a country which I would love to visit and the recent earthquake and associated problems would certainly not make me less likely to want to visit although I would not in any way want to add to their problems. I think that most people would feel the same if they were planning a tourist vacation in Japan and that that is probably the main reason why tourism has decreased of late.

Oh I would definitely go! I have only been to Japan once, back in the 90s. I was an exchange student and sponsored by the Rotary. I visited Tokyo and Saitama. It was a very memorable experience. My husband had a chance to go there too just last year, and he too fell in love with the country. He visited Tokyo and Yokohama. I wonder too how we can apply for this free trip to Japan. Do let us know once you've found out.

They were supposed to be looking for people who would blog about Japan or perhaps people on Twitter who have a lot of followers. In the latter case I guess Ashton Kutcher would get a free ticket.

Yes, I'd love to! I m very interested in the Japanese history, culture, customs & traditions. There are so many places I would love to visit in Japan. I would like to see historical places there.

Where did you hear this? Really, a free tour of Japan with all expenses paid? That is so epic! But surely there's a bigger catch than writing about your trip but I would really want to check it out. My friends at school took a trip to Japan as a school excursion because they did Japanese as a school subject. They shows pictures of it and Japan looked simply superb! They stayed with a few folks that the teachers knew and my friends had heaps of fun! I really want to immerse myself in the Japanese culture, especially the food, the food simply looks glorious! I always loved japan and I'm planning to one day go there with my friends when the school is over and we have a long school break.

I'm not scared of going there, even less since it's free ! Free stuff is always nice, so I would surely take advantage on it. If you find the offer please let me know too, I'd surely love to apply too.

I would be very keen to get one of those 10,000 free air tickets and accommodation to Japan. Although I think I would have to pay the child fares for my 4 year old disabled son and my 2 year old daughter. I don't know where to apply for it. I am keen to visit many places in Japan not just Tokyo. I would wish to get a 7 or 14 day train pass because otherwise Japanese trains are very pricey. I am not scared to visit Japan at all. I can understand with a nuclear scare Japan is scared this will affect the numbers of tourists.

It would really be great if i could go there for free and be the lucky one of 10000 to go to Japan.I like the delicious food of Japan and the beautiful scenery there.Of course,this is just the plan of them,i'm looking forward of this plan to be carried out.

When you live smaal country like - Latvia, of course I was very very lucky, if I can go trip to Japan or China. I thnk this country are very exotic. There are different people and differenc culture, it is something new.... Japan people are very bright, my country are very grey, for me... Yes, and /i think every trip are something nice and somthing interesting...

Hello Enelym, I will always love to visit any country if it is free hehehe I would love to see JAPAN because i know it is a beautiful country full of top class technologies used in everything there. I know people these days are afraid to go there due to recent disaster and nuclear plant failures and its a step from japaneses government to get back that confidence in the tourist about JAPAN as in every country tourist play the important role for generating revenues.

Oh I would definitely go! I have only been to Japan once, back in the 90s. I was an exchange student and co-sponsored by the Rotary Club. I stayed in Saitama but was also able to visit Tokyo. It was a very memorable trip and experience! My husband had a chance to go there too for training last year. He also feel in love with the country and its culture. He stayed mainly in Yokohama but also got to visit Tokyo a couple of times. I am very much interested in this free trip offer and wonder how we can go about applying for it. Do let us know once you've found out how?

Oh, I would like to travel at that place. I heard a lot of stories about Japan. Those beautiful sceneries and those nice people really amuse me. Hope I can go there. someday.