Mt. fuji articles
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Sick Of Tourists, Japan Town Blocks View Of Mt Fuji
A Japanese town mounted a large mesh barrier at a popular viewing spot for Mount Fuji on Tuesday, in an attempt to deter photo-taking by an ever-growing number of tourists.Japan's most famous sight can be seen for miles around, but Fujikawaguchiko locals are fed up with streams of mostly foreign visitors littering, trespassing and breaking traffic rules in their hunt for a photo to share on social media.Parking illegally and ignoring a smoking ban, they would cram a pavement to shoot the...
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Swarmed with tourists, Japan town blocks off viral view of Mt. Fuji
FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan >> Japan’s majestic Mt. Fuji was some 700,000 years in the making, but on one sultry May morning, it was gone.
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Swarmed with tourists, Japan town blocks off viral view of Mt. Fuji
For locals, the mass of visitors and their refusal to obey rules on littering and parking had become a nuisance and traffic hazard