Yamanashi Prefecture currently allows a maximum of 4,000 climbers per day on the Yoshida Trail, charging a fee of 2,000 yen (about $12). The prefecture is also offering online reservations for the first time for the route due to safety concerns and environmental impacts on Japan’s highest mountain.
Starting July 1, Yamanashi Prefecture will set up a checkpoint at the 5th station to close the Yoshida Trail from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. the following morning to anyone who does not have a reservation for an overnight stay at a rest stop on the mountainside.
In a recent press interview, Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki said the new measures were first and foremost to protect the lives of climbers, not to discourage tourists from visiting Mount Fuji.
Every summer, Japanese media often report on the situation of tourists climbing Mount Fuji without the necessary climbing equipment and without ensuring their health when trying to reach the top of the mountain and return without sleeping in between.
Japan has seen a record number of tourists after the COVID-19 pandemic and amid a weak yen. Many of them are coming to see or climb Mount Fuji, a snow-capped mountain that attracts more than 220,000 visitors each July-September climbing season. Local officials are now expressing concern about overcrowding at the country's highest mountain.
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