Timeless attraction: In this year’s summer hiking season from July 1 to Sept 10, some 204,000 people climbed Mount Fuji from the two prefectures, about 92% of the year-before total. — AFP
The prefectural government of Yamanashi plans to raise the entry fee for Mount Fuji climbers from the current ¥2,000 (RM58) to between ¥3,000 (RM87) and ¥5,000 (RM144), sources said.
The prefecture aims to merge this fee with a separate charge collected on a voluntary basis for conservation cooperation, set at ¥1,000 (RM29) per climber, for the highest mountain in the country.
