TOKYO: Tokyo tourist hotspot Shinjuku will impose a ban on more than half of its holiday rentals, including homes on Airbnb, an official said Monday (Sep 7), after a surge in complaints about visitors.
Known for its buzzing commercial and entertainment district, the ward hosts nearly 10 per cent of Japan’s 42,000 short-term rentals.
But it also has a large residential population, who have become increasingly exasperated with tourists who fail to properly dispose of rubbish, smoke where they’re not supposed to, and make too much noise.
A Shinjuku official supervising holiday rentals told AFP that the district was “planning to revise the current…
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