From this July onwards, hikers in Japan won’t be able to turn up at the base of Mount Fuji and start ascending the mountain for free. And if they don’t arrive early enough, they may not be allowed to climb it at all.
Japan’s Yamanashi prefectural government has announced that it will be introducing both a toll and a daily limit on the number of individuals permitted to climb the sacred mountain, situated about 60 miles (100km) from Tokyo.
