富士山通行料２０００円徴収へ　条例成立、混雑対策で７月から―山梨県

　富士山の山梨県側登山口（吉田口）５合目で１人２０００円の通行料を新たに徴収する条例が４日の県議会で可決、成立した。山頂付近の混雑対策のため５合目にゲートを設置し、１人１０００円の保全協力金（任意）とは別に徴収する。開山日の７月１日に施行する。
　任意の協力金と併せて、登山客は最大３０００円を支払うことになる。ゲートは９月中旬までの開山期間中、午後４時から翌日午前３時まで閉鎖し、１日の登山客が４０００人を超えた場合も閉じる。山小屋宿泊者は通行規制の対象外とした。
　徴収した通行料は、噴石、落石から身を守るシェルターの設置、迷惑行為を注意する指導員の配置などに充てる。（2024/03/04-14:53）

The prefectural assembly of Yamanashi, west of Tokyo, passed an ordinance on Monday to collect entry fees of 2,000 yen per head from people climbing Mount Fuji from the Yamanashi side.
   A gate will be installed at the fifth station, or the entrance to the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of 3,776-meter Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan, for collecting the fees, aimed at controlling the congestion near its summit, from the July 1 start of this year's climbing season.
   Climbers will have to pay up to 3,000 yen each, including 1,000 yen that they are asked to pay voluntarily for the conservation of the environment at the mountain, which is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites.
   During the 2024 season until mid-September, the gate will be closed from 4 p.m. until 3 a.m. the following day. Entry restrictions will also be imposed if the daily number of climbers exceeds 4,000. Those staying at mountain huts will be exempted from these restrictions.
   The entry fees will be used for setting up shelters to protect climbers from rocks that might erupt from the volcanic mountain and falling rocks, as well as for deploying observers to warn people who are behaving badly.