Despite expectations that a 1,000-strong delegation traveling with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud Salman would go on a shopping spree during their four-day visit to Tokyo through Wednesday, shops reported low numbers of Saudi shoppers.
Electronics retailer Yodobashi Camera Co.'s flagship shop in the Akihabara district had decorated the store with flags and messages in Arabic to offer a welcoming atmosphere.
"We believe that customers who visited (our store in the past few days) could have been visitors from Saudi Arabia," company spokesman Masaki Toyono said, adding that a few dozen visited on Monday and Tuesday.