A huge black barrier to block Mount Fuji from view will be installed in a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities who are exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
Construction of the mesh net — 2.5 metres high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20 metres — will begin as early as next week, an official from the town of Fujikawaguchiko said on Friday.
“It’s regrettable we have to do this, because of some tourists who can’t respect rules,” he told AFP, claiming tourists were littering and ignoring traffic regulations.
It is the latest direct action in Japan against over-tourism after residents of Kyoto’s geisha district banned visitors from small…