Visitor numbers to Japan’s most well-known mountain have exploded lately and authorities have struggled to cut back the environmental influence.
Crowd management measures and an entry charge of two,000 yen (US$13) have managed to restrict the variety of folks climbing Fuji this summer season to about 178,000 climbers, in keeping with preliminary knowledge, in comparison with greater than 200,000 in final 12 months.
Authorities in Yamanashi, on the extra widespread facet of the volcano, have introduced plans in 2021 to construct the sunshine rail transit system to the so-called fifth station at 2,305 m.
Currently folks can experience a toll highway up to now, from the place they stroll with the crowds to the summit at 3,776 metres.
The value was estimated at 140 billion yen ($900 million), whereas an interim report final month highlighted technical challenges, together with brakes and batteries that work in chilly climate.
Some native citizen teams have additionally highlighted the potential injury to the atmosphere.
The tram, the governor stated, would join the volcano with a regional station and is predicted to return into operation in 2034 or later.
A feasibility research will likely be carried out earlier than being formally offered to native residents, Nagasaki stated.
Unprecedented numbers of vacationers are flocking to Japan, which says it goals to welcome 60 million guests a 12 months by 2030, about double the full-year 2019 report.
