but Miyajima is the first to introduce one among islands off Japan’s main island of Honshu. The new tax is designed to mainly apply to sightseers. It will be added to the fee they pay for a ...

That’s a relatively new concept, with Venice perhaps the first city to implement one for this purpose, three weeks before Japan’s Miyajima Island announced the new regulation. While the plan ...

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.