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 ...

Travelers heading to the island location of one of Japan's most iconic sights will pay a tourist tax during their next visit. The island of Miyajima in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture has begun charging ...

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.

Miyajima, one of Japan’s most popular tourist sites, is planning to introduce a new entry tax on visitors to fund new infrastructure as well as curb overtourism, which a local official has admitted is ...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima -- The island of Miyajima, home to the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine, in this west Japan city saw a record 4.96 million visitors in 2025, reaching a new high for the ...

It’s been three years since our reporter Mari Morimoto has been on an airplane, and more than 10 years since she’s visited the Chugoku region of Japan. So when she found herself in Hiroshima for ...