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Fuji Climbers to Pay $13 Fee from Summer 2024 From this summer, climbers who want to go to the top of Mount Fuji by the most popular trail in Yamanashi prefecture will have to pay a fee of 2,000 yen — around $13.Yamanashi's prefectural government hopes that charging a fee will help decrease overcrowding on the mountain, and plans to use the money to pay for safety measures. An increase in visitor numbers in recent years has brought human traffic jams to the mountain trails.There has also been an increase in unsafe climbing practices, such as "bullet climbing" — trying to climb the mountain too quickly without resting in one of the mountain huts.Announcing the new fee at a press conference, Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki said, "Keeping the number of climbers in check is an urgent task as we observe overcrowding." The new fee will be collected at Yamanashi's Yoshida Trail, and will be on top of a voluntary fee of 1,000 yen — just under $7 — that climbers are already asked to pay to help look after the mountain.However, some people who work in the local tourist industry have said the 3,000-yen total might be too expensive.Shizuoka prefecture has three trails going up the mountain, at which climbers are also asked for a 1,000-yen voluntary fee. But the prefecture has no plans to charge any extra fees. Yamanashi prefecture has also announced plans to prevent bullet climbing by closing the Yoshida Trail at the mountain's fifth station between 4 p.m. and 3 a.m. to climbers who have not booked a stay in one of the mountain huts.Climbing season on Mount Fuji usually lasts from July to early September. According to the Ministry of the Environment, over 221,000 people climbed the mountain last summer.