Bandai is opening a new Hobby museum in Shizuoka, Japan, on 2 September this year, allowing visitors to design their own ...

Locals in Japan have complained about the huge surge of tourist numbers since the opening of a new bridge which is set ...

Locals living near the ‘Mount Fuji dream bridge’ complain about illegal parking and excessive noise from tourists.

Here, the team at Tourism Shizuoka Japan summarises some of the unmissable events in the region for each season… Winter – Japanese noon tea, early blossoms and dolls… Shizuoka is Japan’s ...

Residents are up in arms about disruptions caused by visitors looking to get the shot of a lifetime. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Despite being designed to attract tourists, the Mt Fuji Dream Bridge is facing backlash from locals overwhelmed by the surge ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Bernama-Kyodo): A "pocket park" in ... Since earning Guinness recognition, the park has become a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from outside Shizuoka.

A local government's decision to promote a bridge as the perfect spot for an Instagrammable shot of Mt. Fuji has backfired, with residents up in arms about disruptions caused by people looking to get ...

With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, some unstaffed train stations and vacant homes are being transfor ...

To try and bring more balance to this popular tourist attraction, Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures ... More and more attractions around Japan are trying to find ways to balance the revenue ...

With the Hojicha, it’s over in 10. Shizuoka produces 40 per cent of Japan’s tea, mostly on small family plantations like Shigeta’s, that grow tea bushes where otherwise there’d be rice.