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NHK
17-05-2025
- NHK
Japanese city remodels cabin at foot of Mt. Fuji to revitalize tourism
A Japanese city at the foot of Mount Fuji has remodeled a cabin along a mountain trail as part of its new project to revitalize tourism in the city. Fujiyoshida City in Yamanashi Prefecture held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday to mark the re-opening of the Nakanochaya teahouse. The cabin is located between the gate and the first station of the Yoshida Trail, one of the main routes for climbing Mount Fuji. The renewed facility provides online access. It also features a resting space and a dining room, which offers the city's local specialty udon noodles. For hikers, rental services for trekking shoes and running shoes, as well as a shower room, are available. The city faces challenges in attracting trekkers to the Yoshida Trail between the gate and the fifth station after the Fuji Subaru Line toll road connecting the foot of the mountain and the fifth station opened. Officials plan to step up efforts to promote tourism by introducing shrines and other historic sites in the city's trail areas linked to the history and culture of Mount Fuji. They will also work on beautification activities.
South China Morning Post
17-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Japanese officials want ‘selfish' Mount Fuji climbers to pay for off-season rescue
Officials in Japan are calling for new rules to charge climbers who require rescue from Mount Fuji outside the official climbing season, as concerns rise over high emergency service costs and the safety of personnel deployed to deal with such incidents. Advertisement The mayors of Fujiyoshida and Fujinomiya, along with the governor of Shizuoka prefecture, are urging the national government to amend legislation so that local authorities can impose such rescue fees during the off-season, which falls outside a three-month climbing window for the mountain in summer. The cost of a rescue helicopter could be as much as 500,000 yen (US$3,440) an hour, the Shizuoka governor said, with mountain rescue teams on the ground and medical facilities adding to total cost. The authorities' pleas came after a Chinese university student was rescued near the peak of the 3,776-metre mountain twice within four days in April. The 27-year-old man, who was not named, was initially helped off the mountain after he became nauseous and disoriented close to the summit and lost his mobile phone, crampons and other climbing equipment. Advertisement Four days later, another rescue team was deployed to save the man after he collapsed around 3,000 metres above sea level, apparently due to altitude sickness. After being carried down the mountain on a stretcher and handed over to doctors, he said he had returned to the mountain to try to find his mobile phone.
