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.

  • Flying SquidM
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    77 months ago

    It’s always nice when you can find a park most people don’t know about. The only disadvantage is sometimes the trails aren’t really well-maintained, so you come out with your legs covered in ticks.

    • @[email protected]
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      27 months ago

      I live in an area infested with ticks. Going out with into fields/woods with no protection means pulling dozens at a minimum, though my neighbor pulled over 100 off a couple weeks ago.

      My solution is elastic gaiters and using permetharin as bug spray. I don’t get ticks anymore.

      I’m also kind of allergic to ticks, and if I get bit, it itches so bad for about two weeks that topical lidocaine is the only way I’ve found to get some relief.

    • @[email protected]
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      27 months ago

      I live in an area infested with ticks. Going out with into fields/woods with no protection means pulling dozens at a minimum, though my neighbor pulled over 100 off a couple weeks ago.

      My solution is elastic gaiters and using permetharin as bug spray. I don’t get ticks anymore.

      I’m also kind of allergic to ticks, and if I get bit, it itches so bad for about two weeks that topical lidocaine is the only way I’ve found to get some relief.

      • Flying SquidM
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        17 months ago

        Ticks have been really bad here this year. I have found one on either me or my small dog (never the large one) every day for the last week or so. The dogs are on Trifexis, which prevents ticks from biting amongst other things, but it doesn’t prevent them from hiding out in a dog’s fur until something better comes along.

        • @Sylos
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          27 months ago

          If the winter seasons don’t get cold enough for long enough, the ticks don’t really die out so their numbers are going to be much worse