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月下旬的一個工作日早晨,距離東京一個半小時車程的櫻花鎮附近的一條小路上,川村紀念DIC博物館的門票隊伍很長。汽車沿著一條杉樹林蔭道等待進入第二個分流停車區。禮品店近日來客流量過大,管理層已經關閉了門。到了上午11:45,博物館外的數字螢幕顯示Belvedere義大利餐廳的等待時間已經達到181分鐘;網站上的特別通知建議遊客自帶午餐。