Authorities to push for rubber-tired Mount Fuji tram line

would cost just 61.8 billion yen.

And that is how Yamanashi Prefecture is looking to spend its recently introduced ¥4,000 ($27) fee for climbing Mount Fuji, which goes into effect from July 1, 2025.

Remember, the government initially claimed this fee would be used to reduce congestion and help fund safety measures and trail maintenance.

Looks like the fee will now be going into the pockets of the companies contracted to build this tram and those coordinating the project.

Do it!

The congestion of tourists in places like Mt Fuji could be alleviated by providing better transportation and accommodation to other rural areas (eg to the North and South), where the moneu is really needed.

has led to challenges including "overtourism" and "bullet climbing

Bullet climbing has always been part, for decades, of the pleasure to climb Mt Fuji.

Inflow of overseas tourists just became the excuse to push people stopping bullet climbing

Surely this money could be better spent?

Fuji attracts enough visitors on its own. Let’s improve access to more remote regions which are in desperate need of development and tourism yen. I suspect the return would be higher too.

Lets make Fuji San ugly !

Let’s pave the way to the summit — literally and metaphorically — so we can better manage the mess we made by encouraging mass tourism in the first place. But hey, if a ¥60 billion rubber-tired tram is the price of saving Fuji’s soul from buses and bullet climbers, maybe it’s time to ask: is preserving nature possible without monetizing it first?

We’re not talking about Mt Everest here..my mother in law “bullet climbed” in her late sixties. ;)

MFGA!

Seriously, in one breath there is talk of overtourism, then in the next building a tram to raise more people to the starting point. It's sad what the lure of money does to politicians.

This uses an existing road. The story might be helpful if it described which existing road and the times of year that road is open to normal cars. There are several roads up Fuji and different rules on them at different times of year. It sounds like you can drive up one of them outside climbing season. Don't quote me on it though. My little knowledge of such roads is from reading about folk cycling up em.

Rubber tyres == A Bus.

I rather think it will be something closer to Yurikamome train/tram.

People are so gullible.

Government leaders with a history of corruption/deception push a reasonable proposal such as a fee to help reduce congestion, improve trail maintenance, and enhance safety.

Once the measure is passed, the leaders seek to divert the revenue to a pet project for the financial benefit of their constituents (and likely themselves).

As residents, we should be very wary of leaders preying on our gullibility for their own financial gain.

Trick me once, shame on you. Trick me twice, shame on me.

What's the problem with the buses that take you to the 5th station? Pollution? Shortage of drivers? Tourists know how to get to the bus terminal. The tram won't solve the bullet climbing nor the overtourism problem. Really looks like politicians wanting to 'help' their 'construction companies' 'friends'

An aerial tramway would be convenient.