Japanische Stadt versperrt den Blick auf den Berg Fuji, um schlecht benommene Touristen zu vertreiben

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/29/2024/fujikawaguchiko-japan-block-mount-fuji-overtourism?utm_campaign=semaforreddit

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  2. For social science, I want to know where these tourists are from …

  3. Shitty people is the reason why we can’t have nice things…

  5. I was hearing recently about lots of places doing a lot to restrict tourists. Anything from additional fees to limiting the number of hotels in a city.

    Even well-behaved tourists can be disruptive to the daily life of the locals. On the one hand it sucks because I would really like to visit some of these places but on the other I fully support these people’s desire for normalcy.

  6. You know some other town with Fuji views gonna build a replica instagrammable convenience store to get those sweet tourist dollars now. Dumbasses

  7. Most people are unaware that this is a specific spot that has a popular convenience store in the foreground and Mt Fuji in the background.

    It’s not just a “pretty” picture spot.

  8. >Authorities recently imposed a $13 fee for people climbing the most popular route up Mount Fuji, mirroring a new fee imposed on tourists making day trips to Venice.

  9. People need to stop being obsessed with taking a photo everywhere they go. Plus some people just don’t know how to behave.

  10. They’ve done similar things in the national parks, there’s just too many people, and it only takes one or two acting a fool to destroy the peace or literally the environment(looking at those fools who destroyed a rock face)

  11. It only takes 1% of bad ones to ruin it for the 99% of normal ones.

  12. I was just there and was baffled why so many stop there. Was overall a pain and much better shots to be had around, just, you know, without a Lawson.

  13. Give me a rulebook, I’ll follow it to visit your beautiful places that are a national treasure/ asset.  I’ll be patient, wait in a queue, or book a time if I need to. I love to visit places, and want to be welcomed, not be a burden or nuisance.

  14. There are countless spots to take awesome photos of Fuji. Yea this one is iconic because of the Lawson but cmon…

    The action taken here is completely reasonable.

  16. I’ve found the best way to be a tourist in Japan is Google Street View. They sent that camera car down so many little back roads in rural Japan, it’s amazing.

  18. Going to Japan this October and just keep seeing kind of news happening there due to shithead tourists is extremely disappointing.

  19. Was there three weeks ago. Flabbergasted at how annoying and stupid some of the tourists acted. There even was a traffic warden who spend the whole time whistling and yelling at people and they acted like they couldn’t hear.

  20. Tourists should really do their utmost to be good guests. I do, whenever I go. I want to be welcomed back, not gruffly tolerated.

    It’s not hard.

  21. so looking forward to my japan trip well be so welcome. lol. but i guess it beats dodging rockets in israel.

    ill hope there are a few restaurateurs in tokyo left who will serve a tourist.

  24. Time to crack down on tourists. Punish those with bad behavior with a ban from entering the country (among other immediate consequences
    )

  26. I used to live and work in cape cod. From May-September everyone complained about tourists. From October-April everyone did opioids and waited for them to come back

  27. Just came back from japan, I can attest to the Chinese tourist tropes..most of kyoto was awful bc of it after 9 am.

  29. Ive been there but 8 years ago. There wasn’t a soul when I was there.

  30. Yeah idk I just feel bad for Japan. The country’s culture has been fetishized through the rise of the internet, and the people that go there are as obnoxious as you’d expect

  31. I thought maybe this whole bad-tourist thing was exaggerated until I saw that Tiktok video of those guys hanging their dicks out in public and swinging them around pachinko parlors, shinto shrines, and children’s playgrounds and I’m like, “Fuck this!” If anything the reputation is downplayed.

  32. I envision the town owning and deploying some cool technology that automatically lowers said barriers when no tourists are there. It’s a shame they can’t see the beautiful view in their own home.

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