FUNAMIZAKA Slope Guards in Otaru will attend regulating visitors to the popular tourist place presented in the 1995 Japanese film “Love Letter”
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A Japanese city hired security guards to supervise a panoramic view after being flooded with tourists.
The government was sent to manage the overflow of tourists on the lunar New Year holiday on the slope of Funamizaka in Otaru of Hokkaido prefecture. The place, featured in the love letter of the 1995 Japanese film, is popular with tourists for its sea view.
A Chinese tourist hit an exercise and killed him while taking photos on the slopes near the previous slope this month. Her husband said he was looking to photograph a prominent place in Chinese cities in 2015 Love and didn’t realize the upcoming exercise.
There have been a growing number of complaints by residents about visitors blocking roads and trespassing on private property. “The road is lined with houses and has heavy traffic. Tourists standing on the street or walking side by side often make it impossible for vehicles to pass. The impact on residents has been significant and this fiscal year has been particularly severe,” a city official told the Mainichi Shimbun.
On Tuesday, guards were stationed at three places carrying signs in English, Chinese and Korean urging visitors not to trespass on private property or take photos in the middle of the road, Kyodo News reported.
The guards will remain deployed until the end of March and the Local Police will accentuate patrols in the area.
“People even entered a personal asset the authorization to take photos”, the media of 80 years -old, 80 years -dold.
Japan welcomed a record of 36 million tourists in 2024, according to official numbers published this month. Otaru saw more than 90,000 foreign tourists who remain in the city the first part of fiscal year 2024, the largest number since the start of the archives in 1997, local officials announced.
The record wave of tourists was largely assigned to a decrease in Yen that caused Japan to be more horny for foreign visitors. However, fluid figures aroused considerations about “surprised” in popular destinations, which led to demanding situations in the control of visitors and the preservation of local environments.
Last year, the Japan Tourism Agency introduced a label, a series of rules that promote a greater habit of tourists, such as the Gentile and “taking care of their paths. “
It also produced 22 pictograms designed to be reproducible seamlessly for hotels, guesthouses, and local establishments, with messages such as “Selfie Sticks Forbidden. “
The Japanese government points ambitious to attract 60 million visitors year until 2030.
Meanwhile, following the death of the Chinese tourist near the Asari station, Hokkaido Railway Co is considering adding safety announcements in English and Chinese on its trains.
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