The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, a reaction to the town’s huge popularity on Instagram and other social media platforms.
“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.
The small town in Yamanashi prefecture has become the center of an international controversy in recent weeks. A specific viewpoint in Fujikawaguchiko, which is at the foot of Mount Fuji and near the starting point for one of the most-used trails up the mountain, became so popular with visitors that it was causing problems for locals.
Which they tell you about before you ever step on the trail, and tell you to take everything you bring in back out. It’s not hard in the slightest to put your garbage in your pack/pockets till you leave, but people are selfish, lazy fucks who can’t even do the minimum and respect the space.
Which is why they don’t have them in a lot of places. Because being there and full is worse than not having them at all, since people just keep throwing shit on the pile.
/rant
They got rid of trashcans because of a terror incident and they saved a lot money by doing so (less workers).
Who wouldn’t pile their trash? Who knows where&when the next empty trashcan comes along in Japan.
So the fix is to have people changing them more often + even having more available, but that would require more work and money… blaming foreigners are just easier @
Mini rant Japan also has a lot of unnecessary packaging and the birds can be very aggressive when trash is exposed, which doesn’t help.
I visited last year. The way they handle trash is just black magic. There are almost no bins on the street. Everything is in disposable packaging. Yet, there is absolutely no litter.
The craziest example was Asakusa. I was walking around for 30 mins.holding about 10 food wrappers in my hand. Eventually a nice merchant offered me a plastic bag to put it all in when I purchased a drink.
Yeah things can get bit tricky 😂 Especially when you buy a lot food & drinks. The average japanese person doesn’t buy a lot.