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Nagoya Castle and Sekigahara Battlefield are Japan’s best historical sites to visit at least once

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According to the overnight travel statistics survey released by the Japan Tourism Agency, the total number of Japanese overnight guests in June 2022 increased by 72.2% compared to the same month of the previous year. The number was 6.5% decrease compared to the same month of 2019 before the spread of coronavirus infection. On the other hand, the number of foreigners increased by 168.4% compared to the same month of the previous year, although it remained far less level than that of 2019 decreasing 93.1%. Combining Japanese and foreigners, the number of overnight guests in June rose 73.4% year on year at 34.51 million. On 10 June 2022, Japan finally started allowing international tourists into the country for the first time in two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began hoping visitors come back to tourist hot spots.   Nagoya Castle is praised as an authentic reproduction of early modern Japanese castle construction Among well known destinations for Japanese and foreign travelers,