Fuji, BBC News reports. Dubbed "Mt. Fuji Lawson," the store is a common Japanese franchise – but this one had tourists coming out in droves for the stunning view behind it. Local officials ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—A large black plastic sheet was installed in front of a Lawson convenience store here to block views of Mount Fuji and prevent ill-mannered tourists from ...

A particularly popular photo location was outside a Lawson convenience store, from where a photograph taken at a particular angle would make it seem as if Mount Fuji was sitting atop the store roof.

leaving litter and stepping onto the road itself and disrupting traffic to get better snaps of Mount Fuji, which rises majestically over the roof of a Lawson convenience store. The black plastic ...