Entrance fees have become the trend at mountains worldwide. As long as it's a special-purpose tax allocated for the conservation of Mount Fuji, climbers would understand.
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Toyohiro Watanabe, a professor at Tsuru University in Yamanashi Prefecture who teaches “Mount Fuji studies,” referring to a proposal to charge a fee to climb Mount Fuji. (Asahi Shimbun)
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neverknow2
Not in Australia!!
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hoserfella
Unfortunately, everyone in Japan understands that the money will be used for the time-honoured traditions of slush funds for drinking and golf outings.
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Blue_Tiger
God forbid we actually come to a National Park or an International Natural Treasure and actually get to visit and view for free. I agree with hoserfella: the only thing "entrance fees" at Mt. Fuji will go for is slush funds, and some government bureaucrats' "personal" business....
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Nessie
Hopefully it would encourage people to try less prominent and lovlier mountains.
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mousepotato464
Is there a Mount Fuji studies major? Is this a 30 week class?
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Blue_Tiger
Mt. Fuji is privately owned? By Whom???
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