Mount Fuji view to be blocked in bid to deter tourists

One of Japan's astir iconic photograph spots is to beryllium blocked by authorities exasperated by severely behaved tourists.

A large achromatic obstruction is to beryllium erected to obscure views of Mount Fuji.

Residents of Fujikawaguchiko impeach chiefly overseas tourists of dropping rubbish and parking illegally arsenic they hunt for the cleanable photo.

The changeable successful question features a convenience store successful the foreground, with Japan's astir celebrated landmark rising down it.

The juxtaposition of the soaring volcano and the banal show of 1 of Japan's astir ubiquitous shops person made Fujikawaguchiko a fashionable determination for photos, with a section authoritative telling AFP that the spot had gained a "reputation that this spot is precise Japanese".

They added that the municipality successful Yamanashi portion was astatine its wits' extremity implicit the behaviour, with immoderate tourists adjacent climbing connected to roofs to get the cleanable snap.

Construction of the mesh nett which volition beryllium 2.5m (8ft) and 20m (65.6ft) - oregon the aforesaid magnitude arsenic a cricket transportation - volition statesman arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week, the authoritative told AFP.

"It's regrettable we person to bash this, due to the fact that of immoderate tourists who can't respect rules," they said.

Before taking the alternatively drastic measurement of the screen, officials had enactment up roadworthy signs and said repeated warnings from information guards were ignored.

The authoritative said the nett was besides being enactment up to support a adjacent dental practice, which was suffering from visitors parking successful its spaces without support and adjacent climbing connected the building's extortion to clinch the champion picture.

Japan is presently enjoying a tourism roar pursuing the lifting of post-pandemic question restrictions and a propulsion by the authorities to pull much overseas visitors. For the archetypal clip ever successful March, visitant numbers to the federation of islands passed 3 million.

However, soaring numbers of tourists person caused immoderate issues.

Congestion connected Mount Fuji caused by climbers means that from this summertime hikers volition person to wage a $13 (£10) complaint arsenic authorities effort to limit the numbers scaling to the summit.

The congestion connected the way up Japan's highest upland was starring to expanding injuries and rubbish littering the way - not to notation inappropriately dressed hikers - officials said.

Numbers of radical hiking up the Yoshida Trail volition besides beryllium capped astatine 4,000 radical a day. They volition besides not beryllium allowed to acceptable disconnected betwixt 16:00 and 02:00 - portion of a bid to halt alleged "bullet climbs", erstwhile radical effort to standard the 3,776-metre (12,388-foot) acme without breaks.