Gate set up on Mt. Fuji trail

Workers set up a gate at the fifth station of a Mt. Fuji trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side on June 17, 2024, to impose a cap on the daily number of climbers and prevent "bullet climbing," when people attempt to reach the summit and return without spending the night on the mountain, ahead of the summer climbing season starting July 1.

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