Yamanashi Prefecture’s “Mount Fuji Mountain Railway Plan” – Construction of a new next-generation tramway is estimated to have an economic effect of 1.56 trillion yen and employment effect of 120,000 people over 40 years of operation

Yamanashi Prefecture has announced the results of a survey aimed at commercializing the Mount Fuji mountain railway project. It is estimated that the economic impact of the railway and surrounding…

Continue ReadingYamanashi Prefecture’s “Mount Fuji Mountain Railway Plan” – Construction of a new next-generation tramway is estimated to have an economic effect of 1.56 trillion yen and employment effect of 120,000 people over 40 years of operation

Yamanashi Prefecture to test the effectiveness of this summer’s “Mount Fuji climbing restrictions,” reducing the number of climbers by 20% and resulting in zero days exceeding the daily limit; next summer to be unified with Shizuoka Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture has announced the results of an evaluation of the effectiveness of restrictions on the Yoshidaguchi climbing route of Mt. Fuji implemented this summer. The number of climbers during…

Continue ReadingYamanashi Prefecture to test the effectiveness of this summer’s “Mount Fuji climbing restrictions,” reducing the number of climbers by 20% and resulting in zero days exceeding the daily limit; next summer to be unified with Shizuoka Prefecture