Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, standing at 3,776 meters above sea level. It is also a popular destination for mountaineering enthusiasts. However, following moves from Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture has announced that trails on Mount Fuji will be restricted after 4 p.m. A Shizuoka Prefecture official said, “Due to Yamanashi Prefecture’s restrictions, many climbers may flock to the Shizuoka side of the trails. So we will start with possible measures.”
The Shizuoka government has begun testing measures to prevent unsafe mountaineering activities such as “bullet climbing” — climbing up a mountain at night to catch the sunrise at the summit and then returning without staying overnight. Three trails on the Shizuoka side — Subashiri, Gotemba and Fujinomiya — will be closed at night, except to guests staying at mountain huts. The local government is also planning to develop an online system to help visitors book mountain huts.
Meanwhile, Yamanashi Prefecture will set up a gate at the 5th station of the Yoshida Trail to close the route to all but overnight guests from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m., and limit the number of climbers to 4,000 a day. The prefecture also plans to charge 2,000 yen (about 14,000 USD) per climber to use the Yoshida Trail starting this summer.
Among the routes to climb Mount Fuji, the Yoshida Trail in Yamanashi Prefecture usually opens on July 1, earlier than the July 10 date in Shizuoka Prefecture, and is used by more climbers. During the 2023 climbing season, Yamanashi Prefecture recorded 137,236 climbers on the Yoshida Trail, while Shizuoka Prefecture recorded 49,545 on the Fujinomiya Trail. This was followed by 19,062 and 15,479 on the Subashiri and Gotemba Trails, respectively.
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