On a weekday morning in late September, an hour and a half from Tokyo off a side-road near the town of Sakura, the ticket queue for the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art is long. Cars wait along a cedar-lined lane for a spot in the second overflow parking zone. The gift shop has been so overwhelmed by customers in recent days that management has shut its doors. By 11:45am, the digital screen outside the museum’s Belvedere Italian restaurant declares the waiting time for a table is now 181 minutes; a special notice on the website recommends bringing a packed lunch instead.
在9月下旬的一个工作日早晨,距离东京一个半小时车程的樱花镇附近的一条小路上,川村纪念DIC博物馆的门票队伍很长。汽车沿着一条杉树林荫道等待进入第二个分流停车区。礼品店近日来客流量过大,管理层已经关闭了门。到了上午11:45,博物馆外的数字屏幕显示Belvedere意大利餐厅的等待时间已经达到181分钟;网站上的特别通知建议游客自带午餐。