Japan to impose crowd control on Mt. Fuji

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 11, 2023 12:34 am

TOKYO: Japanese authorities are gearing up to impose crowd control measures for the first time on Mount Fuji this weekend for an expected holiday rush by thousands of sometimes ill-prepared trekkers, officials said Thursday.

Japan's famous snow-capped volcano outside Tokyo is open to climbers from July to September, drawing hundreds of thousands who often trek through the night to see the sunrise.

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