Funamizaka Slope’s guards in Otaru will regulate visitors to the popular tourist place that appears in the 1995 Japanese film “Love Letter”

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A Japanese city has hired security guards to supervise a panoramic view after being flooded with tourists.

Officials have been stationed to manage the overflow of tourists during the lunar new year holidays at the Funamizaka slope in Otaru of Hokkaido prefecture. The spot, featured in the 1995 Japanese film Love Letter, is popular with tourists for its views of the sea.

A Chinese tourist hit an exercise and killed while taking photos on the slopes near the previous slope this month. Her husband said she was looking to photograph a place presented in the Chinese cities of 2015 in love and did not realize the exercise in the opposite direction.

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, the guards were parked in 3 positions of use of symptoms in English, Chinese and Korean urging visitors to transfer personal assets 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 the patrols in the region.

“People even entered a personal asset the authorization to take photos”, the media of 80 years -old, 80 years -dold.

Japan welcomed a record 36 million tourists in 2024, according to official numbers released this month. Otaru saw more than 90,000 foreign tourists stay in the city for the first part of fiscal year 2024, the highest number since the archives’ inception in 1997, local officials announced.

The record wave of tourists was largely attributed to a weaker yen that made Japan hornier for foreign guests. However, the shooting numbers have raised considerations about the “surprised” in popular destinations, which has led to demanding situations in guest management. and preserving local environments.

Last year, the Japan Tourism Agency presented a label, a series of directives that foster a greater habit of tourists, such as Ing Gentiles and “taking care of you on your way. “

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 aims to attract 60 million visitors annually until 2030.

Meanwhile, after the death of the Chinese tourist near the Asari Station, Hokkaido Railway Co plans to raise classified safety ads in English and Chinese in their trains.

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