KYOTO—Residents fed up with bad-mannered tourists ... Signs installed at both ends of Kosode-Koji street on May 29 warn in Japanese: “No entry or photography by tourists or guided tours ...

Nestled in the heart of the Honshu mountains, Takayama’s nickname is “the little Kyoto of the Alps,” and for good reason: its Edo-era districts, old wooden houses, sake breweries and shaded ...