Mount Fuji lies between Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. The Yamanashi side will start restricting the number of climbers on the Yoshida route of Mount Fuji to 4,000 per day and requiring 2,000 ...

Despite an overall decrease in Mount Fuji climbers this summer, Shizuoka Prefecture has reported ... access limit and fee at the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture, the most popular route ...

Fuji crater on the Shizuoka Prefecture side and later confirmed dead. Also, a man lost consciousness on the Yamanashi Prefecture side's trail and died. Interest in climbing Mt. Fuji is soaring.

The state of emergency in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, where Mt. Fuji is located, was lifted on May 14th. However, Shizuoka officials, who administer the three trails leading up to the peak ...