Tourist destinations around the nation's volcanoes have been flooded with inquiries from worried customers in the wake of the deadly eruption of Mount Ontake on Sept. 27.
Reservations at some inns are being canceled even as the best time for viewing the autumn leaves approaches.
An employee of the Mount Aso cable car company in Kumamoto Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Aso, said inquiries, mostly from travel companies, have surged in the wake of the surprise eruption, which left at least 47 hikers dead on Mount Ontake.