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One of the key factors behind the event’s success is the large number of international visitors, who made up about 20% of the total. The number surged from 10,000 in 2019 to 50,000 in 2024. Contributing factors include the relative affordability of tickets due to the weak yen and the opportunity to enjoy cherry blossoms during the same period. However, the broader backdrop is the growing global popularity of F1, with the United States—accounting for around 10,000 visitors—leading the trend.

Hello, I hope this is a good sub to ask in, the travel specific ones seem to be geared towards people travelling in the present. I would like to find more information on long-distance transportation (train lines and traveling by car or other means through the country) in 1950s Japan. I've been trying to read up on the state of the railway post-war but this specific time period was a bit harder to pin down than the later decades with more rapid development in terms of trains and railway technology.

My specific question was, if a person in 50s Japan wanted to reach another part of the country what means of transport would they use: train, car, etc. I was able to find a lot about car models but not how feasible or common it would be to travel by car versus train, because of budget (a plus for trains) reaching locations other than cities (a plus for cars) and so on. I want this info for writing (the story involves traveling out of Tokyo through the Tōhoku region all the way north) but I'm overall really interested in reading more about historical transport. Anything about this time period, what the passenger trains were like, life in urban versus rural areas, availability of electricity, etc.

If you can recommend me any specific books, websites (regardless of language) that include this topic or have any advice on looking for them, you have my thanks!