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In a recent essay, novelist and Kyoto native Keiichiro Kashiwagi wrote that his fellow Kyotoites had longed bemoaned the u201cclamoru201d of tourism that drowned out the cityu2019s tranquility, and that the u201cirony of the great calamity that has been the corona pandemic is that it has restored the cityu2019s lost beauty.u201dWhen the country reopens, it will need to rethink how the country has promoted itself to visitors, including taking steps to u201cprevent overtourism,u201d Tetsuo Saito, the transportation minister, told Japanu2019s parliament in March.Businesses anxious for the return of tourists have been helped out by large government subsidies and also a...