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- Tour operators market Fukushima Daiichi visits as “hope tourism,” drawing over 20,000 visitors in 2024.
- Organized tours now take visitors inside the Fukushima Daiichi site after evacuation orders were lifted.
- Tours start with ID checks, passes and radiation monitors, and let visitors walk the “Blue Deck” without protective clothing.
- Retired travel agent Katsumi Saeki runs two-night corporate tours for 50,000 yen, hoping Fukushima becomes a learning destination like Hiroshima.
