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To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The neighborhood suddenly became a popular spot about two years ago, apparently after a photo taken in a particular angle showing Mount Fuji in the background of a local convenience store, became a social media sensation.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Deliberately making your neighborhood less attractive in order to fend off tourists seems like the worst possible solution to this problem. Why ruin the view for locals?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because tourists can end up inadvertently majorly fucking over locals in a huuuge way. Barcelona is a good example of what happens when tourism is left unimpeded.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah and this is a single spot in front of a convenience store. Sounds like a safety issue where people walk into traffic trying to take pictures.

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

True but this is also a tiny ass town. Many of the negative effects of tourism are felt much more strongly in smaller communities.

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

That's why I shoot my gun off a few times and scream in pain a couple times a week. Keeps the rent down too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If it's where I think it is, it's not going to block the view for the locals. That's not to say it won't be an eyesore, but locals will often have their own views (and a ton of that town's population lives more outside and inside is mostly just tourist stuff (hotels, onsen, parks, etc.)).

Edit: unbalanced parenthesis :/

Edit 2: yeah, looks like the one I'm thinking of. Dentist office opposite it. https://maps.app.goo.gl/gvtEEggMEzKwTa3B8

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

Okay, good. That was my major concern.

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

locals don't give a shit about 'views'. they just want to live their lives unimpeded by assholes and idiots

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

Don’t we all?