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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

Japan builds gate on Mount Fuji in latest bid to tackle overtourism

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A crowd-control gate has been installed halfway up Japan's Mount Fuji.

The gate went up on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year's climbing season, but the governor of Yamanashi, one of the two prefectures that are home to the mountain, said additional measures are needed to control overcrowding on its lower slopes.

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