From Kyoto to Kamakura, Japan braces for new surge in overtourism

Coping strategies include free transfers to subway and limits on Mount Fuji climbers

MAYUMI YOSHINO, AI HAGINO AND MARIE SAHORI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Major tourist destinations in Japan have been scrambling to prepare for the strain that visitors will put on public transit systems during the upcoming Golden Week holidays, the first since major pandemic restrictions were lifted.

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