FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—The construction of a gate at the fifth station of Mount Fuji was completed on June 17, two weeks ahead of its use to stop crowds and unsafe climbing of Japan ...

KOFU--Yamanashi Prefecture will install cameras on Mount Fuji at two locations including in front of the gate at the fifth station to show interested climbers the current congestion situation. It ...

A proposal by Yamanashi Prefecture to build a light rail connection to the fifth station on Mt. Fuji has been given up amid public concerns over its environmental impact, sources close to the ...

A proposed light rail transit service connecting the foot of Mt. Fuji to its 5th station would be capable of transporting 3.36 million passengers annually, a recent report by a local government ...

He's spent the past 14 years working on Mt. Fuji, where he leads foreign climbers from the 5th station to the summit about 20 times a month during the summer. So far he has scaled the peak more ...

The number of climbers on Mt. Fuji last year recovered to near pre-pandemic levels. The prefecture will set up a gate at the fifth station at an altitude of 2,300 meters. The gate will be closed ...