Climbing Mount Fuji may be about to get a lot easier ... from Fuji’s base to the fifth hiking station of the crowded Yoshida trail, 3.7 miles / 6km from the summit. The plans have yet to ...

Interest in climbing Mt. Fuji is soaring. But experts say only ... fee will be collected through a gate about halfway up the Yoshida Trail to the summit. The number of climbers will be limited ...

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government announced on Dec. 20 a plan to cap the number of Mount Fuji climbers at 4,000 per day and set up a gate at the fifth station on the Yoshida trail.

When Mount Fuji's climbing season opens in July, hikers using the most popular trail will encounter a new gate, shorter entry times and a higher fee. The Yoshida trail, beginning in Yamanashi ...

Mount Fuji is divided into 10 stations, and there are four “5th stations” halfway up the mountain from where the Yoshida, Fujinomiya, Subashiri, and Gotemba trails start to the top.

Mt. Fuji, designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage ... A gate was installed at the 5th station of the Yoshida Trail, restricting access from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. the next day, except for climbers ...

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