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When tourism comes to a village
Japan's record visitor numbers have brought オーバーツーリズム, overtourism, not only to Kyoto and Kamakura but to rural beauty spots. Common problems are parking on narrow roads, litter, noise, and visitors walking onto private farmland for photographs. In 2016 a farmer in Biei, Hokkaido, cut down a famous lone tree in his field, the "Philosopher's Tree," after years of trespassing by visitors. Many country roads have 無人販売所, unstaffed stands where farmers leave vegetables and a box for coins. They work on trust and are a small, cherished part of rural life; theft from them is taken personally. Revitalization brings income to some — inns, cafés, shops — while the costs fall on others, often farmers whose land lies next to the attraction. Towns respond with parking areas, signs, patrols and resident meetings. The grammar of this lesson is the grammar of objection and reply: からといって…とは限らない, ものか, わけがない, どころではない and わけにはいかない.