Many have postponed their travel plans to japan after reading a warning of a "real catastrophe" in a Japanese comic book and hearing similar forecasts from feng shui specialists and psychics. Despite scientists saying there was no reliable method to predict earthquakes, travelers are terrified by the warning and have begun to cancel their trips to Japan.
According to CNN, while doomsday prophesies are nothing new in japan, the most recent spate of earthquake-related "predictions" caused more superstitious travelers to postpone or cancel their trips, particularly in east Asia.
The Japanese manga 'The Future I Saw,' originally released in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, is at the center of the present frenzy.
The cartoon contained unsettling references to a major disaster that happened in march 2011—the same month that a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northern Tohoku area.
At the same time, psychics from hong kong and japan issued similar forecasts, which led to a rush of cancellations of travel plans from locations in the area and some fake stories on the internet.
That coincidence gave Tatsuki a cult following, and according to CNN, her "complete version" of the book from 2021 warns of another massive earthquake that is predicted to happen in July 2025.
On July 5, "a crack will open up under the seabed between japan and the Philippines," resulting in waves "three times tall" as those from the 2011 catastrophe, according to the revised version of "The Future I Saw."
Even while Japanese seismologists insist that it is very impossible to predict earthquakes with any level of precision, the possibility of a "big one" has reportedly made some potential tourists nervous.
Despite a Japanese self-proclaimed clairvoyant's prediction in april that a massive earthquake would strike the tokyo Bay Area on april 26, the day went off without incident.
The forecast was very popular, especially on social media in China.
Similar warnings were reaffirmed by master Seven, a Hong Kong-based feng shui guru and tv celebrity, who advised people to avoid japan starting in April.
Reservations and travel to japan have consequently significantly decreased. During the easter break, they fell by half, and this decline is expected to continue.
The concern is "ingrained," according to CN Yuen, general director of the hong kong travel agency WWPKG, and travelers are telling agents that "they want to hold off their trip for now."
According to CNN, while doomsday prophesies are nothing new in japan, the most recent spate of earthquake-related "predictions" caused more superstitious travelers to postpone or cancel their trips, particularly in east Asia.
The Japanese manga 'The Future I Saw,' originally released in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, is at the center of the present frenzy.
The cartoon contained unsettling references to a major disaster that happened in march 2011—the same month that a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northern Tohoku area.
At the same time, psychics from hong kong and japan issued similar forecasts, which led to a rush of cancellations of travel plans from locations in the area and some fake stories on the internet.
That coincidence gave Tatsuki a cult following, and according to CNN, her "complete version" of the book from 2021 warns of another massive earthquake that is predicted to happen in July 2025.
On July 5, "a crack will open up under the seabed between japan and the Philippines," resulting in waves "three times tall" as those from the 2011 catastrophe, according to the revised version of "The Future I Saw."
Even while Japanese seismologists insist that it is very impossible to predict earthquakes with any level of precision, the possibility of a "big one" has reportedly made some potential tourists nervous.
Despite a Japanese self-proclaimed clairvoyant's prediction in april that a massive earthquake would strike the tokyo Bay Area on april 26, the day went off without incident.
The forecast was very popular, especially on social media in China.
Similar warnings were reaffirmed by master Seven, a Hong Kong-based feng shui guru and tv celebrity, who advised people to avoid japan starting in April.
Reservations and travel to japan have consequently significantly decreased. During the easter break, they fell by half, and this decline is expected to continue.
The concern is "ingrained," according to CN Yuen, general director of the hong kong travel agency WWPKG, and travelers are telling agents that "they want to hold off their trip for now."
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