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Filled with tourists, the Japanese city blocks out the viral view of Mount Fuji

JAPAN: Japan’s majestic Mount Fuji was about 700,000 years in the making, but on a sultry May morning, it was gone. On at least one side of a busy street, views of the 3,776-meter (12,388-foot) symbol of Japan and the Lawson grocery store below it have been obliterated as officials finished a 20-meter by 2.5-meter barrier to block a photo spot that it had gone viral among tourists. For the locals, the mass of visitors and their refusal to obey the rules regarding littering and parking had become a nuisance and a traffic hazard. “I’m really happy that foreigners are