HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--A Miyajima visitor tax will be introduced on Oct. 1 costing tourists 100 yen (67 cents) to visit the island, home to Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site.

Around December, I went on a solo trip to Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture.I took the Shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima, ...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--Visitors to Miyajima island here will face a new tax of 100 yen (70 cents) starting Oct. 1 next year to pay for much-needed upgrades to tourist facilities. The ...

When you hear the word "Miyajima," what comes to mind?The Great Torii gate.Itsukushima Shrine.Deer.Momiji Manju.Mount Misen.I ...

A scenic island in southwestern Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture has started to impose a tax of 100 yen (67 US cents) on all visitors to rein in overtourism after a trip by the leaders of the G7 countries ...

The scorching August sun itched. After breakfast, I boarded a small, round-bottomed boat with a red and blue-painted roof. It was a genuine old-fashioned skiff, with handwritten signs attached here ...

Japan is made up of 6,852 individual landmasses and while many are tiny uninhabited volcanic formations, some of them such as Miyajima Island are magical havens with mythical narratives. Although the ...

Tokyo, Oct 1 (EFE).- The emblematic island of Miyajima, in western Japan, began charging its visitors Sunday to curb overtourism, an initiative that expected to be adopted in other islands of the ...

It’s a question we’re often asked. Many people, aware of the city’s tragic past, imagine it’s a grim, grey place. However, as the heads of state attending this year’s G7 Summit (19-21 May) will have ...