Record number of litterers wallow up Japan’s sacred Mount Gomi
GOMI means garbage in Japanese…
….. and garbage means Mount Fuji in the summer. 
Record number of climbers scale Mt. Fuji in summer
TOKYO (AP) ….Some 247,066 people climbed the mountain in July and August, beating the previous record of 220,277, set in 1987, said Kazuwa Okuwaki, an official in Fujiyoshida, a nearby city….Mount Fuji is Japan’s best-known landmark and climbing it is viewed by many as a tourist outing. Gift shops along the trail sell trinkets and soft drinks...more…
Now for the rest of the story…
Fuji-san is a stinking mountain of raw sewage and trash (富士ごみ山 ). Several years ago Japan once applied for but had to beg to withdraw its application to make Mount Fuji a UNESCO World Heritage site because [Oh the horror!] they would have to clean up the mountain.
If you must do Must do Mount Fuji (as I have three times) read my 3Yen guide to climbing it: Mount Fuji — Just say no. Basically, my suggestion is to climb (semi-illegally) in the off-season rather that smell the shit of tens of thousands of climbers who came before you like this. photo.
Click for a full view of the horror.
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