At an altitude of 1,075 meters, you can see unobstructed views of Mt. Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi, and on a sunny day, you can even see the Southern Alps (Mt. Akaishi, Mt. Arakawa) in the distance.

Mount Fuji snowless in November for the first time in 130 years The UNESCO world heritage site in Japan is usually covered in snow from October ...

To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji By: Ayaka Mcgill And Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press Posted: 9:30 AM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2024 ...

None worked. The black mesh net, when completed in mid-May, will be 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) high and 20 meters (65.6 feet) long, and will almost completely block the view of Mount Fuji, officials said.

Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan and also one of the country's 'Three Holy Mountains'. Its name is believed to come from the ancient words for 'fire' and 'mountain'. The mountain is an ...

Just a few weeks ago, the town began setting up a huge black screen to block a view of Mount Fuji because tourists were crowding into the area to take photos with the mountain as a backdrop to a ...

Tourists were there for the view, and so many of them that the town eventually put up a screen to block the desired line of sight. Specifically, foreign tourists were descending in droves on the area ...

In July, Japan saw a record 3.29 million tourists - with as many as 35 million foreign tourists expected in 2024. The problem of overtourism is not unique to Mount Fuji alone.