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Mt Fuji convenience store becomes “lawless zone” as tourists hurl abuse at security guards
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Nov 27, 2024 - Tweet
Tensions run high as town grapples to avoid a major accident.
- Japan
- (blackout screen • cars • convenience stores • Fuji Lawson • Fujikawaguchiko • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overtourism • roads • tourism • traffic • travel • Yamanashi)
One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2024
Tickets will be required to enter Ginzan Onsen at its most beautiful time of day and year.
- Japan
- (Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • onsen • overtourism • tourism • travel)
Kyoto losing its luster as a school trip destination as tourist crowds continue to swell
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2024
Report says schools are looking at alternatives to the traditional top school trip destination.
- Japan
- (COK • education • Kyoto • overtourism • school trips • schools • society • tourism • travel)
Kyoto temple suffering from littering tourists claiming not to understand Japanese verbal warning
- Casey Baseel
Sep 25, 2024
400-year-old temple is dealing with new problems including unauthorized photo shoots.
Foreign tourists blamed for Japan rice shortage as “Reiwa Rice Riots” leaves shelves bare
- SoraNews24
Aug 22, 2024
Tourists are said to be eating Japan out of rice, depleting the local food supply.
- Japan
- (COK • foreign tourists • foreign travelers • news • overtourism • rice • tourism • tourists • travel)
Japan’s Mt. Fuji convenience store view-blocking screen has finally been taken down, on one condition
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2024
Screen was put in place as response to tourists, many from overseas, littering and blocking traffic.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • tourism • travel)
Foreign tourists to be charged four times more to enter Himeji Castle if local mayor gets his way
- SoraNews24
Jun 18, 2024
Local residents would be given a discount as part of the new plan.
- Japan
- (castles • COK • Himeji Castle • Japan travel • Japanese castles • news • nijukaku • overtourism • tourism • tourist sites • travel • two-tiered pricing)
Bad-mannered tourists cause chaos at new Mt Fuji viral photo spot, city erects fence to stop them
- Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2024
Fuji City’s Great Dream Bridge becomes a nightmare for local residents.
- Japan
- (bad manners • Fuji • Fuji City • Instagram • Living in Japan • Mt Fuji Great Dream Bridge • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)
Tourist ban now in effect in Kyoto’s Gion geisha district…but are visitors obeying the rules?
- SoraNews24
May 31, 2024
A recent video of a maiko being chased by a tourist in Gion proves why the ban is necessary.
- Japan
- (etiquette • geisha • Gion • Kyoto • Kyoto rules • maiko • news • overtourism • tourism • travel)
Has the Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen really stopped tourists from taking photos?
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2024
Visit to Fujikawaguchiko reveals the truth about the tourist situation.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Kawaguchiko • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overtourism • SNJO • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)
Tourists damage Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen that was meant to stop bad-mannered visitors
- Oona McGee
May 28, 2024
Bad behaviour continues as sightseers find way to override the system.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Fujisan • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji Lawson • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)
Mt Fuji Lawson view now blocked by screens, but will it stop bad-mannered tourists?
- SoraNews24
May 22, 2024
First look at the new screens makes us wonder if this is a good enough deterrent.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Fuji • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)
Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2024
After initial delay, plan to block view of “Fuji Lawson” is back on track.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • tourism • travel)
“Foreign travelers are Japan’s guests” – Governor against charging tourists more than locals
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2024
Top politician in Tokyo’s neighbor says higher prices for inbound travelers would be like fining them for coming to the country.
- Japan
- (foreigners in Japan • inbound travelers • Kanagawa • overtourism • politicians • society • tourism • travel)
“Mt. Fuji convenience store” issues apology for bad tourist manners, adds multilingual signs
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2024
Lawson considering adding private security staff to unexpected tourist attraction.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • tourism • travel)
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2024
City erects black screens to block Mt Fuji view in dramatic push against overtourism.
- Japan
- (bad manners • Fuji Lawson • Fujikawaguchiko • Japan travel • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • photo spot • sightseeing • tourists • travel)
Mt. Koya planning to instate visitor’s tax to cope with huge tourist numbers
- Casey Baseel
Apr 23, 2024
Pilgrimage town of less than 3,000 residents received almost 1.4 million tourists last year.
- Japan
- (COK • hiking • Koya • Koyasan • Mt. Koya • outdoors • overtourism • temples • tourism • travel • Wakayama Prefecture)
Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2024
A win-win idea that’s long overdue.
- Japan
- (buses • Kiyomizu Temple • Kyoto • overtourism • tourism • travel)
Kyoto bans tourists from geisha alleys in Gion, with fines for those who don’t follow rules
- Oona McGee
Mar 20, 2024
Historic area wants foreign visitors to know it’s not a theme park.
- Japan
- (etiquette • geisha • Gion • Kyoto • Kyoto rules • maiko • news • overtourism • tourism • travel)
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