Against the grain: anger grows at spike in `sand graffiti` by tourists in Japan
(The Guardian Japan)

Tottori prefecture to install more foreign-language signs urging visitors not to vandalise dunes Local authorities in Japan have drawn a line in the sand amid anger over a rise in graffiti by foreign tourists disfiguring its pristine coastal dunes.Tottori, a prefecture (county) on the Japan Sea coast, banned the defacement of its sand dunes - a major tourists attraction - a decade ago, but the local government said there had been a dramatic rise in `sand graffiti` in recent years as the area attracts more visitors from overseas. Continue reading...