Mt. Fuji's climbing season ends, foreigners accounted for 32% of climbers

Mt. Fuji's climbing season ended on Thursday, with foreigners accounting for 32 percent of climbers during the season that began about two months ago.The figures were compiled for the first time using an online trail reservation system introduced this year, which collected hikers' information including their nationalities.The number of hikers on the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji in central Japan, the most popular of the four trails, rose 17 percent from the previous year to around 170,000, according to the prefectural government.The increase was apparently due t…READ FULL ARTICLE