Mt. Fuji officially registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site
By TERRY - Last updated: 日曜日, 6月 30, 2013 - Save & Share - Leave a Comment
Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain and a prominent symbol of Japan, was officially registered as World Cultural Heritage Site at the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Cambodia on this 22nd.
A lot of Japanese are quite happy and excited with this big news. A special committee consisting of special staff of Yamanashi prefectural government and that of Shizuoka prefecture has resolved to start collecting a 1,000 yen admission fee per person for Mt. Fuji on trial basis from climbers 9:00am to 6:00pm Jul.25-Aug.3 which is a high summer period, called “Mt.Fuji Conservation Cooperation Money”. That fee, however, is not compulsory and those who make that contribution will be given a commemorative tin badge.