Climbing to the highest peak of the Japanese archipelago will be prohibited at certain times. To limit the harmful effects of overcrowding, a tax and a visitor gauge will be put in place.
The number of hikers will also be limited to 4,000 per day on the Yoshida trail. In 2023, among the 221,322 tourists to have climbed the highest point of the country (3776 m), half took this route reputed to be the easiest, the most accessible from Tokyo.