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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
True but this is also a tiny ass town. Many of the negative effects of tourism are felt much more strongly in smaller communities.
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
/s
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
Okay, good. That was my major concern.
locals don’t give a shit about ‘views’. they just want to live their lives unimpeded by assholes and idiots
Don’t we all?