Final 3 Mt. Fuji trails open, 4,000 yen fee charged for all climbers

The climbing season on Mt. Fuji began in full on Thursday as all three trails on the Shizuoka Prefecture side were opened, with all local authorities charging an entrance fee of 4,000 yen ($27).The most commonly used trail, in neighboring Yamanashi Prefecture, opened on July 1. Both prefectures have introduced measures to discourage overnight "bullet climbing," or trying to reach the summit of the 3,776-meter mountain, Japan's highest, in the dark without sleeping in a trailside hut.The Yoshida trail on the Yamanashi side of the mountain, as well as the Fujinomiya, Gotemba and Subashiri tra…READ FULL ARTICLE