Mount Fuji: Japan's Yamanashi to Charge Rescue Fee During Off-Season
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Yamanashi Prefecture is introducing a helikopter rescue fee of 8,000 yen ($51; £38) per five minutes for off-season climbers on Mount Fuji, referencing a similar fee already in place in Saitama prefecture. They will also require detailed climbing plans to be submitted for off-season attempts.
Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki urged the public to avoid off-season climbs, stating: "We ask the general public to refrain from climbing during the off-season. We hope that these measures will cause people to rethink what climbing Mount Fuji during the winter is like."
Mount Fuji's official climbing season runs from July to early September, with about 200,000 hikers attempting the summit each year. Climbing outside of these months is discouraged although permitted up to the fifth station.