Climbing season begins on Mt. Fuji

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.

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