Tokyo: A town official said on Tuesday ( Aug 20 ) that a barrier built in Japan to obstruct a popular view of Mount Fuji has been removed temporarily in order to deter unruly tourists.
Residents of Fujikawaguchiko complained that streams of mainly foreign visitors were bothersome when trying to take pictures of Japan’s popular volcano, so Fujikawaguchiko set up the large screen in May.
The city decided not to restore the display on August 15 in the wake of a typhoon and decided not to do so.
” We wanted to see what would happen”, the city official told AFP.
” Some individuals also visit the place,” he said. However, he claimed that there are no longer some sudden rushes into traffic when crossing the road.