Finished his little photo for Instagram. The small town of Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, is installing a large net over one of its famous sites known for the view of Mount Fuji. Mesh panels measuring 2.5 meters high and 20 meters long were erected at a location popular with visitors wishing to photograph the legendary mountain in central Japan.
But these photographs are taken from a narrow sidewalk, behind a busy road and residents as well as the city authorities complain of numerous incivilities and violations of the highway code by tourists. The latter leave litter, smoke outside authorized areas, ignore red traffic lights, etc. According to a resident, some tourists shout when asked to move a badly parked vehicle, others throw their cigarette butts on the ground.
Fujikawaguchiko’s decision made national and international headlines. More than three million foreign visitors entered Japan in March, an absolute monthly record for the country. The net, whose construction should be completed in mid-May, aims to discourage them from going there.