Japan Cherry Blossom Festival: This Japan town brings the curtain down on its 10-year-old cherry blossom festival to protect the dignity of its citizens |
Japanese authorities in Fujiyoshida, a picturesque town near Mount Fuji, have cancelled their annual cherry blossom festival this year, citing an unmanageable surge in tourist numbers that has begun to seriously affect daily life for locals. The decision brings an abrupt end to a decade-old spring event that had turned the town into one of…