Japan introduces visitor cap at Mount Fuji

As of this summer, Japan will introduce new visitor restrictions at Mount Fuji as it aims to protect the site from overtourism.

Littering and hiker safety has increasingly become a concern as visitor numbers rise. This means that travellers will have to pay a fee to hike the routes along the famous mountain, and a daily visitor cap will also be introduced.

Hikers will be capped at 4,000 a day and will also be prohibited from beginning their ascent between 4pm and 2am. The fee amount has not yet been confirmed, but plans include installing a gate at the entrance of the highly popular Yoshida trail, where a toll will be collected.