Mt. Fuji Climbers Will Have To Pay Fees Starting This Summer

Above, the top of Mt. Fuji from the timberline.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Those of you going to Japan this summer to climb Mount Fuji, you're going to have to pay an entrance fee to two prefectures.

News On Japan reported:

The prefectural governments of Yamanashi and Shizuoka, central Japan, agreed Tuesday to start collecting entrance fees from Mount Fuji climbers beginning next summer.

Climbers heading for the summit of the mountain will have to pay their fees at the fifth station.

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