A Japanese cherry blossom festival in the city of Fujiyoshida has been cancelled due to overtourism, which has "threatened" ...

Japan's Fujiyoshida town has decided to cancel this year's cherry blossom festival due to overwhelming tourist crowds.While ...

"Overtourism" during Japan's iconic blossom season makes life for locals in Fujiyoshida town unmanageable, authorities say.

Authorities scrap Arakurayama Sengen park cherry blossom festival near Mount Fuji because of tourists trespassing, littering and ‘defecating in private yards’ ...

A cherry blossom festival boasting a highly Instagrammable view of Japan's Mount Fuji has been cancelled after residents ...

A pushback against all-time high tourism in Japan has continued with a popular cherry blossom festival cancelled as it ...

The city, overlooked by the iconic Mount Fuji, has hosted a cherry blossom festival every spring for a decade. This year, however, city authorities have announced the cancellation of the annual sakura ...

A Japanese city has cancelled its famous cherry blossom festival, citing concerns over high tourist numbers.

The blossom festival, which brings about 200,000 people each year, has been cancelled because "the quiet lives of local ...

If you’ve got even a little bit of interest in traveling in Japan, odds are that on multiple times over the past few years you’ve seen a photo taken from the exact same vantage point as the one above, ...

Authorities in Japanese city Fujiyoshida have canceled a popular spring cherry blossom festival at a renowned Mount Fuji ...

In a surprising move on February 6, authorities in Fujiyoshida announced the cancellation of the iconic Mount Fuji Cherry Blossom Festival at Arakurayama Sengen Park. The decision marks ...