This year’s climbing season began on three trails for Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, following a similar season opening on a trail in neighboring Yamanashi Prefecture nine days earlier. The 3,776-meter-high volcano, which straddles the two prefectures, is the nation’s highest peak and attracts climbers of many nationalities. Last year about 97,000 people appeared first on The Japan Times. > ......
↧