The town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, has closed off the area around a scenic crater lake due to overcrowding less than a week after it had reopened.
Japan once again restricted access to Lake Yugama, a volcanic crater of green waters with a stunning view and a unique coloring, after the arrival of a number of tourists much higher than expected. Located on Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, in Gunma province, north of Tokyo, the lake had the area around closed less than a week after being reopened, due to concern about the safety of visitors at the risk of eruption. The information is from the Japanese s…