Watching a video about the negative impacts of tourism in Kyoto called Are Kyoto Locals Sick of “Tourists”?

Littering is one big issue in Kyoto, but the host of Tokyo Lens, Norm Nakamura, points out that Japan has not always been a very clean country. In the 1960s, Kyoto was described as a polluted mess and it took a decade of cleanups, education, and public campaigns to address the issue.