'It has been effective': Screen blocking Mount Fuji taken down but tourists warned to behave

Authorities say the screen will be reinstalled if tourists return in large numbers.

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00:13I can understand why they want to do it.

00:39I think that tourism has really ramped up here in Japan

00:42from what we've seen.

00:43We've actually been in four or five different places in Japan

00:45in the last few weeks.

00:46There's a lot of tourism.

00:48So I can see why for people who live and work here

00:50why they might want to do something about that

00:52just to deter the tourists a little bit.

00:55But probably if it is just about road safety,

00:58building barriers, you know,

01:00barriers to avoid people stepping on the road

01:03and making it safer as well.

01:05But a wall to avoid pictures,

01:09I don't think it's the right solution.

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