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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mount Fuji: why a small Japanese town is hiding the big tourist hotspot

Tourists at the Lawson convenience store in  Fujikawaguchiko taking pictures of Mount Fuji.
Tourists at the Lawson convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, taking pictures of Mount Fuji. Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Name: Mount Fuji.

Age: Formed 100,000 years ago.

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