Travellers in standstill traffic outside the sun-washed walls of Casa do Cipreste sometimes spot the bell and pull the string “because it’s funny”, Pimentel says. Martinho de Almada Pimentel at his mountainside mansion, Casa do Cipreste, in Sintra, Portugal. Photo: AP With the windows open, he can smell car exhaust fumes and hear the “tuk-tuk” … Read more
Mt Fuji is seen through a hole poked in a black screen installed to stop tourists taking photos of the mountain with a convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko in the foreground. Photo: Kyodo News/AP The Mount Fuji Dream Bridge – they were perhaps asking for trouble with that name – aligns with the outline of the … Read more
Despite its name, the structure is an ordinary bridge over a river, with a narrow pavement separated from the road by a waist-high concrete wall. A foreign tourist poses for a photo in front of the Lawson Kawaguchiko Ekimae convenience store, which was famous for its views of Mount Fuji before a screen was put … Read more
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