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A Japanese town is blocking a popular view of Mount Fuji to drive poorly behaved tourists away.
Officials in Fujikawaguchiko in central Japan will construct a 65-foot-long black mesh barrier at a popular site where the volcano can be seen with a Lawson’s convenience store in the foreground. The shops are popular in Japan, so the spot is seen as “very Japanese,” one local official told The Japan Times.
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Complaints of “overtourism” have spiked across Japan in line with increased visits after the pandemic. Authorities recently imposed a $13 fee for people climbing the most popular route up Mount Fuji, mirroring a new fee imposed on tourists making day trips to Venice.