By JUNJI MURAKAMI/ Staff Writer
September 12, 2025 at 18:35 JST
To address overtourism, city officials are trialing a designated photo zone after removing shrubbery at a park near the famed railway crossing at the Enoshima Electric Railway's Kamakura-Koko-Mae Station in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 11. (Junji Murakami)
KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture—For years, a humble little railway crossing at Kamakura-Koko-Mae Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway Line here has become an unlikely symbol of the ills of overtourism. [Read More]
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