Starting July 1, those who want to climb the volcano along the popular Yoshida trail will have to pay 2,000 yen ($13) The local authorities also decided to limit the number of daily accesses to 4,000 people and prohibit entry between 4 and 2 p.m. Each season, more than 220,000 visitors try to climb Fuji between July and September.
Every summer, Japanese media report numerous cases of tourists ascending Mount Fuji with insufficient equipment or of hikers sleeping on the trail.