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 ...

We arrived at Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway. You get another breathtaking view of the calming water and mountains all around you. Then, we walked up a slope to get to the cable cars that would take ...

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.

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.

Town authorities in Japan’s Fujikawaguchiko have removed a huge black screen that had been blocking an iconic view of Mount Fuji, officials said Tuesday. The screen, installed in late May this ...

The number of Mount Fuji climbers during the season in 2023 totalled 221,322, according to the Environment Ministry. That is close to the pre-pandemic level and officials expect more visitors this ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—Local authorities have removed a screen blocking an iconic view of Mount Fuji hovering over a convenience store here just three months after installing it.

FUJI, Shizuoka Prefecture--A “lawless” zone here overrun by foreign visitors and plagued by bad behavior has been tamed thanks to a multi-government “model” plan to counter overtourism.

Usually Mount Fuji, pictured in 2019, has sprinkles of snow falling on its summit starting Oct. 2, about a month after the summertime hiking season there ends. Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press ...

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.