Sick of tourists, Japan town blocks off viral view of Mount Fuji

Workers install a barrier to block the sight of Japan's Mount Fuji emerging from behind a convenience store in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, on May 21, 2024. - PHOTO: AFP

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (Reuters): Japan's majestic Mount Fuji was some 700,000 years in the making, but on one sultry May morning, it was gone.

At least on one side of a busy road, views of the 3,776-metre (12,388 foot) symbol of Japan and the Lawson convenience store beneath it have vanished, as officials finished a 20-metre by 2.5-metre barrier to obstruct a photo spot that had become viral among tourists.