Japan welcomed the most visitors in history in 2024, as the country’s weak currency fuelled a tourism boom that drew 36.8 million people to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’.

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Tourists walk through the streets by Yasaka Pagoda (behind ... Last year authorities moved to ban visitors from entering certain narrow private alleys in Gion after pressure from a council of local ...

In the ancient capital of Kyoto, where over-tourism is more acute, a local district council has banned visitors from the narrow private streets of the Gion district, where tourists harassed and chased ...

Futuristic 3D billboards soar beside centuries-old temples, while hordes of pedestrians flood the streets at pace ... is an assault on the senses, with narrow lanes lit by neon billboards and ...

In the ancient capital of Kyoto, where over-tourism is more acute, a local district council has banned visitors from the narrow private streets of the Gion district, where tourists harassed and chased ...

He has managed documentary specials in Kyoto’s narrow streets and markets, manned food stalls in the middle of Kyoto’s epic Gion Matsuri, and promoted Japanese tea culture with social media ...

Enforcement action has been taken during an operation to clamp down on inconsiderate drivers blocking narrow streets in east Leicester. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service personnel, Leicestershire ...