The Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station is a city in and of itself, so you'll find just about everything you'd need to keep a 2-year-old happy. :-) Convenience stores, restaurants, souvenir shops, toilets, firemen, police, mountain huts, guidance center, post office, and even a viewing platform.
Please be mindful, though, that this year the Fuji Subaru Line is closed to private vehicles for 53 days from Thurs. July 10 till Sun. Aug. 31, so if you take a bus, you'll probably have to buy a ticket for your 2-year-old, although children's fares are usually half-price.
The number of people climbing Mt. Fuji via the Gotemba Trail, on the mountain’s Shizuoka Prefecture side, dropped more than 30% year-on-year as of the end of August, according to sources. This change…
As Mount Fuji officially closed its summer climbing season on Sept. 10, authorities declared a landmark success in curbing “bullet climbing,” the dangerous practice of ascending the mountain overnight…
Yes, you can get a personalized certificate for ¥1,080 or a commemoration letter for visiting Mt. Fuji for ¥500 from the Japan Mt. Fuji Association. It was also reported that in 2025 a non-personalize…
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