The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, responding to the town’s huge popularity on social media platforms.
image for illustration: Mount Fuji seen from Fujikawaguchiko, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CNN writes:
‘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.