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Prompted by Aussie invasion, local town curbs resort development

SAPPORO, Japan - Construction of many condominiums is under way in Kutchan town's Niseko Hirafu district in Hokkaido. Behind them is Mt. Yotei

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Niseko Annupuri Distant View

A distant view of Niseko Annupuri from the countryside in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido.

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Kutchan Museum of Natural History

Exterior view of the Kutchan Museum of Natural History, a local museum in Kutchan-cho, Goshi District, Hokkaido.

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The streets of Niseko Hirafu

The streets of Hirafu, a ski resort town in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido, crowded with overseas tourists.

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Niseko Annupuri

Niseko Annupuri seen from Route 5 in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido.

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The streets of Niseko Hirafu

A view of the Hirafu district of the ski resort Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido, crowded with visitors from overseas.

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Niseko Hirafu townscape and Mt.Yotei

The town of Hirafu in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido, a ski resort area bustling with overseas visitors, and Mount Yotei.

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JR Kutchan Station and the street in front of the station

View of Kutchan Station on the JR Hakodate Main Line in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido, from the street in front of the station. This will be the station building when the Hokkaido Shinkansen line is extended.

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Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei as seen from near Hanazono Resort, Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido.

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Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei (winter) as seen from Hanazono Resort in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido.

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Foreign tourists are pictured in Hokkaido's Niseko district in February 2018. Medical interpreters from the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan are helping a popular ski resort in the area deal with injuries to the growing number of foreign tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Izumi Miyama (R), a medical interpreter at the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan near the Niseko ski resort in Hokkaido, supports a foreign patient in February 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Izumi Miyama (L), a medical interpreter at the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan near the Niseko ski resort in Hokkaido, supports foreign patients in February 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Medical interpreters at ski resort in Japan

Photo taken in February 2018 shows Hokkaido's popular Niseko district. Medical interpreters from the Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan are helping the ski resort deal with injuries to the growing number of foreign tourists using the area's slopes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo