Like a huge game of whack-a-mole, local authorities around Japan’s Mount Fuji are trying to keep overzealous tourists under control as the visitors all attempt to shoot the same pictures of Fuji-san for their social-media feeds.
Post-pandemic, tourists have rushed back to Japan – a beautiful country whose appeal is now turbocharged by a weak yen – and an overwhelming majority have converged on the usual hotspots, with smartphones raised.
After photos began appearing online of Mount Fuji seemingly perched atop a Lawson convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko, social-media-loving sheeple all suddenly “needed” to have that picture.
Mt Fuji is seen through a hole poked in a black screen installed to stop tourists taking photos of the mountain with a convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko in the foreground. Photo: Kyodo News/AP
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