How Japan, the most polite country in the world, lost its patience with tourists
by It is perhaps one of Japan’s most iconic sights: the triangular form of Mount Fuji rising into the blue sky, its snow-capped peak clearly visible …
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A glorious region of Japan two hours from Tokyo – but lacking in tourists
Rising over 8,000 feet above the northern shore of Lake Chuzenji, Mount Nantai casts a perfect Mount Fuji-like shadow across the calm waters. At sunset …
From view-blocking screens to false bed bugs, locals are taking too much tourism into their own hands
For the Japanese poet Basho, Mount Fuji was a muse like no other. He returned to it many times during his life, describing, “through clouds …