Fuji City

Opinion | Can AI save Japan from selfie taking hordes? Can travellers avoid ‘world’s worst airport’?

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Opinion | Can AI save Japan from selfie taking hordes? Can travellers avoid ‘world’s worst airport’?

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 The Mount Fuji Dream Bridge – they were perhaps asking for trouble with that name – aligns with the outline of the … Read more

Another barrier to Mount Fuji photo taking is going up as tourists disturb residents

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Another barrier to Mount Fuji photo taking is going up as tourists disturb residents

Despite its name, the structure is an ordinary bridge over a river, with a narrow pavement separated from the road by a waist-high concrete wall. A foreign tourist poses for a photo in front of the Lawson Kawaguchiko Ekimae convenience store, which was famous for its views of Mount Fuji before a screen was put … Read more