A small Japanese town near Mount Fuji has decided to erect a fence to stop the influx of foreign tourists at a popular spot for photographing the famous volcano. The city of Fujikawaguchiko has installed a mesh net 2.50 meters high and 20 meters long.
“It’s unfortunate that we have to do this because some tourists don’t follow the rules”, one of the city officials explained to Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday April 26. The latter notably complained about waste left by tourists or even violations of the highway code.
This is the latest radical decision taken in Japan to fight against the effects of overtourism, after the ban on taking photos in the geisha district in Kyoto (West), or the paid and limited access to Mount Fuji from summer 2024.
More than three million foreign visitors entered Japan in March, a record for the country, which had closed to international tourism during the Covid-19 epidemic.
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