ILEA001109819: ''Maiko'' dancers entertain their regular customers

Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

Climbing season begins on Mt. Fuji

Cars wait at the toll gate of the Fuji Subaru Line, a road connecting the Yoshida trail entrance of Mt. Fuji and the foot of the mountain, in Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 1, 2024. The summer climbing season for Japan's highest mountain started the same day with the opening of the Yoshida trail, one of the four main hiking trails.

Gate on Mt. Fuji trail

Workers install a gate at the fifth station of a popular Mt. Fuji trail in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 13, 2024, to ease congestion and prevent "bullet climbing," the term used for attempting to reach the summit and return without spending the night near the summit, ahead of the summer climbing season starting July 1.

Gate on Mt. Fuji trail

Workers install a gate at the fifth station of a popular Mt. Fuji trail in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 13, 2024, to ease congestion and prevent "bullet climbing," the term used for attempting to reach the summit and return without spending the night near the summit, ahead of the summer climbing season starting July 1.

Gate on Mt. Fuji trail

A gate is installed at the fifth station of a popular Mt. Fuji trail in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 13, 2024, to ease congestion and prevent "bullet climbing," the term used for attempting to reach the summit and return without spending the night near the summit, ahead of the summer climbing season starting July 1.