Camera-sized holes have since appeared in the screen, which officials are working to repair. A town is Japan has got so fed up with tourists that they have built a huge fence blocking the view of the attraction they are coming for - the famous Mount Fuji. The 20-metre long and 2.
5-metre high fence is covered with a black mesh net, not the most social media-friendly backdrop to the selfies that visitors flock here for. But small holes have appeared in the screen, which tourists are exploiting to snap the iconic view. Within just a week of the fence being built, officials had found around 10 holes, all at eye level, and all apparently just the right size to fit a camera lens through.
They are working to repair them. Fujikawaguchiko is known to offer some of the best views of the Japanese mountain. But locals have had enough of blocking pavements and stopping traffic to get the perfect shot.
A particularly popular photo location was outside a Lawson convenience store, from where a photograph taken at a particular angle would make it seem as if Mt. Fuji was sitting atop the shop's roof. The , mostly foreigners, even dubbed the spot “Mt.
Fuji Lawson.” "Kawaguchiko is a town built on tourism, and I welcome many visitors, and the town welcomes them too, but there are many things about their manners that are worrying,” says Michie Motomochi, owner of a cafe serving sweets near the photo spot. Motomochi mentioned littering, crossing the road with busy traffic, ignoring traffic l.