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The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, a reaction to the town’s huge popularity on Instagram and other social media platforms.

“It is regrettable that we had to take such measures,” a local official told CNN last month, when the town’s council decided to block the most popular Fuji views with a 66-foot-long (20-meter) black screen, which was erected on May 21.

The small town in Yamanashi prefecture has become the center of an international controversy in recent weeks. A specific viewpoint in Fujikawaguchiko, which is at the foot of Mount Fuji and near the starting point for one of the most-used trails up the mountain, became so popular with visitors that it was causing problems for locals.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fujikawaguchiko

The town is called (Mt) Fuji River Mouth Lake... feels like when they established the place they could've edited it down a bit to make it roll off the tongue better. It'd be like a town in the US called Shastaportsmouthpond

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Fujikawaguchiko is just the official name, most refer to it as Kawaguchiko (this is the main train station there).

Not that unusual in English either, e.g. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Stratford-upon-Avon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I mean, it night roll right off the tongue in Japanese

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Russian bias strikes again /s

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't understand how it is so hard for people to clean up after themselves. Our parks and trails in the US are filthy. There is trash on the ground and garbage cans 10 feet away.

It is really sad that they had to erect this barrier, but it is laughable that people can't respect nature when the entire purpose of their visit is to admire it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's always nice when you can find a park most people don't know about. The only disadvantage is sometimes the trails aren't really well-maintained, so you come out with your legs covered in ticks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in an area infested with ticks. Going out with into fields/woods with no protection means pulling dozens at a minimum, though my neighbor pulled over 100 off a couple weeks ago.

My solution is elastic gaiters and using permetharin as bug spray. I don't get ticks anymore.

I'm also kind of allergic to ticks, and if I get bit, it itches so bad for about two weeks that topical lidocaine is the only way I've found to get some relief.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ticks have been really bad here this year. I have found one on either me or my small dog (never the large one) every day for the last week or so. The dogs are on Trifexis, which prevents ticks from biting amongst other things, but it doesn't prevent them from hiding out in a dog's fur until something better comes along.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If the winter seasons don't get cold enough for long enough, the ticks don't really die out so their numbers are going to be much worse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I live in an area infested with ticks. Going out with into fields/woods with no protection means pulling dozens at a minimum, though my neighbor pulled over 100 off a couple weeks ago.

My solution is elastic gaiters and using permetharin as bug spray. I don't get ticks anymore.

I'm also kind of allergic to ticks, and if I get bit, it itches so bad for about two weeks that topical lidocaine is the only way I've found to get some relief.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Poor upbringings. It's easy to become a parent, but it isn't easy to be a parent.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a trash grabber arm. I go to my local park to pick up trash every couple of months. I most recently did it on Earth day; the park was covered in trash again within 3 days. It drives me insane. I will say, some of it is due to open top garbage cans throughout the park, the wind can blow stuff right out of those which reminds me that I need to call the Parks and Rec department. I expect they’ll tell me they have no budget for closed cans.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was looking for retractable grabbers, I'd like to do a bit of trash picking but not my full 18km walk. Normal grabbers are a bit awkward to stow away. My own local searches (NL) came up 🫗 empty

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have (and love) this one: https://www.afvalgrijper.com/webshop/flora-afvalgrijpers/24813,flora-afvalgrijper-105-cm-met-metalen-bekken.html.

Don't go for the cheap plastic ones they break. But I have also been informed that a lot of municipalities will give you one if you ask. Contact your afvalstoffen dienst.

Just attach a sling and carry it on your back.. or attach it to the side of your backpack. Retractable just breaks unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah mine is definitely awkward. I had a plastic grabber that broke very quickly so now I have a sturdier metal one that doesn’t stow away well, but I know it will last a while at a minimum.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


“It is regrettable that we had to take such measures,” a local official told CNN last month, when the town’s council decided to block the most popular Fuji views with a 66-foot-long (20-meter) black screen, which was erected on May 21.

The statement added that the photo spot “attracts a constant stream of foreigners from early morning to late at night, and even local residents are unable to communicate with them when they caution them in Japanese.”

More than three million people per month visited in March and April 2024, and the record-shattering trend seems on track to continue as North American and European tourists plan their summer holidays.

This means that there’s no money coming in – from entry tickets, museum passes, or hotel fees – to balance out the damage caused by thousands of visitors or the erosion, trash and traffic issues they bring with them.

“We offer our sincere apologies to local residents, customers of these stores, and others for inciting inconvenience and concern due to the popularization of the Lawson Kawaguchiko Station Branch,” the company said in a May 5 statement.

Lawson’s added that it would hire private security guards for the Kawaguchiko store and put up signs in multiple languages asking tourists not to litter or block roads.


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