Mount Fuji photo spot to get new fences to curb jaywalking

Hint: One of the best views of Fuji in that town is from the Kawaguchiko Music Forest museum.

First curtain and then fence, what next?

Frankly, speaking whoever’s running the city planning in this town is an idiot. A simple crosswalk solves the problem. Why did Japanese always have to make things so complicated?

A simple crosswalk solves the problem.

There’s already a crosswalk at the stoplight about 5 meters before the Lawson (very close!), and no room on those thin sidewalks for an overhead pedestrian crossing. It’s also a very thin road; one lane in each direction.

maybe they ought to make it a pedestrian toll road, say a 200m stretch with gates on either end and charge like 2,000yen! Residents are free. Then the town makes money off of it.

Frankly, speaking whoever’s running the city planning in this town is an idiot. A simple crosswalk solves the problem. Why did Japanese always have to make things so complicated?

This is the perfect example of the condescending foreigner whose complaints about how “idiotic” the Japanese are, in contrast to his own wisdom, only serves to prove the opposite. This is by far my favorite foreign stereotype.

From the article:

the two fences are intended to encourage pedestrians to cross the road via a designated crosswalk. The town office is considering painting the crosswalk green and white to make it more noticeable.

They should just put up a tall screen behind the combini so this social media inspired madness stops.

People who want a "Fuji on 7-11" photo can just copy it from the internet. There are millions of them.

The more I hear about this, the more I feel sorry for the locals and their efforts to find the least worst solution.

Some people wonder why they don't see this as a business opportunity and make money. The reason is simple: the locals don't want it. Not everyone is willing to give up their peaceful lives for money.

I believe this is a passing fad. I wonder when people will come to their senses and realize that the convini actually doesn't match Mt Fuji at all.

It sounds a bit like the Streisand Effect. The more they try to do to solve the problem, the more attention it brings to it and the site, and the problem gets worse.

Just leave it. And if a few morons get knocked over by cars, then, you know. Darwinism.