Gate installed on Mt. Fuji trail for crowd control

TOKYO — A crowd-control gate was installed halfway up Japan's Mount Fuji on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year's climbing season, but the governor of Yamanashi, one of the two prefectures that are home to the mountain, said additional measures were needed to control overcrowding on its lower slopes.The gate was completed as part of a new set of rules that Yamanashi is introducing this year to address growing safety, environmental and overcrowding problems on the mountain.

Workers set up a gate for a trail to Mount Fuji in the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi prefecture, central Japan, on June 17, 2024. The restrictions that will take effect this year are measures to address the problems that are putting climbers' lives at risk,' Yamanashi Gov. Kotaro Nagasaki told a news conference in the capital Tokyo. The number of climbers on the trail this year is expected to surpass last year's 137,236, he said.'Overcrowding near the summit could lead to a major disaster, like people falling in a domino effect,' Nagasaki said.

Installed On Mt. Fuji Trail For Crowd Control

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