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The original was posted on /r/japantravel by /u/Its5somewhere on 2024-03-07 12:04:33.
Starting July 1, 2024 Japan/Mt. Fuji will start mandatory charging ¥2,000 per person to climb mount Fuji. The fee has risen previously from the ¥1,000 that a lot of people were not paying due to being voluntary.
There will be a strict daily limit of 4,000 climbers per day. Climbers who have bookings at the mountain huts will not be subject to the daily limit restrictions.
These funds will help attribute to the conservation efforts of the Unesco World Heritage Site. Lately during the past few climbing seasons the mountain has been seeing a lot of litter and crowding. This new vote that was passed this week hopes to combat the traffic and litter.
A gate will be installed and operational by July with operating hours of 3AM - 4PM daily to monitor traffic and obtain the climbing fee.
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