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FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan — The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists. Workers set up a barricade near the Lawson convenience store, a popular photo spot framing a picturesque view of Mount Fuji Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. A notice for tourists across the use road from the Lawson convenience store, where a popular photo …
Visitors take photos of Mt. Fujikawaguchiko “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,” said Michie Motomochi, owner of a cafe serving Japanese ohagi sweets near the soon-to-be-blocked photo spot. The mostly foreign tourists have since crowded the small area, …
