Mt. Fuji Doubles Entry Fee, Strengthens Safety Measures to Start New Season

Mt. Fuji climbing season starts with new safety measures | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

FUJI-YOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—The climbing season on Mount Fuji kicked off on July 1 with the opening of the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Mt. Fuji doubles entry fee, strengthens safety measures to start new season

Mt. Fuji's climbing season started with a new fee to prevent over-tourism and dangerous climbs on Tuesday.

Japan’s Mount Fuji Opened for Summer Climbing Season in Yamanashi Prefecture

Mt. Fuji opened on Tuesday for the summer climbing season on the Yoshida Trail from the Yamanashi Prefecture side.

Mt. Fuji climbing season starts with 4,000 yen fee

Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced as the most popular trail opened Tuesday, with local authorities charging a doubled fee of 4,000 yen ($28) to ease overcrowding and the impact on the environment.

Mount Fuji’s ¥4,000 entrance fee kicks in for all routes

Climbers paid ¥2,000 to scale the mountain via the popular Yoshida trail last year, while those who made the journey through other routes did not have to pay anything.

How to climb Mt. Fuji in 2025

All of Mt. Fuji’s four hiking trails are now open, and all of them have new rules this year. As we flip the calendar over to July, Mt. Fuji is finally open. Though Japan’s tallest mountain, of course, sits on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures all year long, the hiking trails that lead to the upper half of the mountain are closed between early autumn and early summer. As of July 1, though, all four trails that you can take to …