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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Crockett

The little-visited region that could be the answer to Japan’s overtourism problem

I see the people of Noto standing up and taking a step forward, and I think it is my calling to be here now, in Noto, introducing people to my home town.”

Kaho Shoji and I are making our way along a trail of stepping stones that hug the cliffs of Tsukumo Bay in the Japanese town of Noto, on the peninsula of the same name. In the clear water, sea slugs inch along rocky pools and anemones sway in the current.

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