Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. (CNN) — A picturesque Japanese town is putting up a giant mesh barrier to block a popular selfie spot near Mount Fuji.
LIVE: Severe storms threaten central U.S. with twisters, damaging wind. See the latest reports.Fujikawaguchiko, at the foot of the Yoshida Trail to Mount Fuji, has become overrun with foreign tourists trying to get the perfect photo of Japan’s most famous mountain.A tourist takes a photo at the spot in Fujikawaguchiko where the barrier is due to go up. , CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments.
The official, who did not want to give her name, said that there have been ongoing problems with tourists leaving trash and not following traffic rules. Despite signs and security guards being posted to warn them, the situation has persisted.The net, which measures eight feet high and 66 feet across , will be erected early next week.The town of Fujikawaguchiko is in Yamanashi prefecture, to the north of Fuji and about 62 miles west of Tokyo.
“Overtourism – and all the subsequent consequences like rubbish, rising CO2 emissions and reckless hikers – is the biggest problem facing Mount Fuji,” Masatake Izumi, a Yamanashi prefectural government official,
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