a toll road connecting the base of Mount Fuji to the fifth station, were first introduced for the summer climbing season in fiscal 1994 to protect the mountain’s environment and reduce congestion.

Climbing Mount Fuji may be about to get a ... the tram would take trekkers from Fuji’s base to the fifth hiking station of the crowded Yoshida trail, 3.7 miles / 6km from the summit.

Fuji, where he leads foreign climbers from the 5th station to the summit about ... Passang chanced upon an aerial photo of Mt. Fuji in the winter. He was awed by its beauty and wanted to know ...