7/1/2010

Mount Fuji Trash Pile officially opens for the summer

July 1st is the start of the official climbing season on Mount Fuji and ends August 31. http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Fuji
If you must climb 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 of enjoying “nature” with of 10,000 Japanese on the summit.

Mt Fuji Tourist Office will now rent out ninja costumes to tourists who want a photo with the mountain in the background: Mainichi News (machine translation)

Fuji Guide commercial (Japan’s Greenbird.jp anti-littering campaign

Also read my 3Yen posts:
. . . —Japan’s Mt Tashmore denied World Heritage status
. . . —Record number of litterers wallow up Japan’s sacred Mount Gomi

And here a photo of the traditional fun of hauling 80 lbs. packs of junk up Japan’s Mount Trashmore circa 1906.

via OkinawaSoba’s flickr

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3 Responses to “Mount Fuji Trash Pile officially opens for the summer”

1. Taro Says:
   January 25th, 2012 at 12:50 pm

2. reddit-japan Says:
   June 9th, 2012 at 9:29 am

   Climbing Mt. Fuji Mid June – is it possible? reddit.com/r/japan (self.japan)

   by aredna

   I will be in Tokyo for work next week and would love to climb Mt. Fuji over the 16/17th weekend. From what I can find it sounds like the season doesn't typically start until July.

   Has anyone here climbed Fuji in mid-June? Can anyone recommend a good company to use for a guided tour?

   aikoekadan[アメリカ] replies:

   I climbed Mt. Fuji on the first weekend in July and almost nothing was open. The summit was completely deserted, as well as all the stations above 8. There was still knee- to waist-deep snow on the last part of the climb. In mid-June I imagine it would be even worse. I wouldn't recommend it.

   via reddit.com/r/japan.

3. Fuji-is-a-total-rip-off Says:
   March 2nd, 2013 at 3:13 pm

   Mount Fuji climbing fee to be introduced
   Japan Today | Feb. 25, 2013
   —The Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectural governments have announced plans to charge climbing fees for Mount Fuji in a bid to finance maintenance and environmental efforts.
   Yamanashi Gov Shomei Yokouchi announced the plan on Sunday at the “Mount Fuji Day Festa,” an event intended to raise the mountain’s profile in support of a UNESCO World Heritage bid.
   More….

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