Actual condition of mountain huts linked to excess of Mt. Fuji, reality that business activities and nature conservation are never connected

"I want to be an owner of a mountain hut". It is not an easy task, but not everyone is free to run a mountain hut in the national park, so there is no competitor. If it is Mt. Fuji, customers will keep saying that they are silent. Who can judge right and wrong in such limited competition? Shops with problems are culled out in the lower bounds, but we can not expect them in a few small competition mountain huts. They will do anything for business. Naturally you will get dirty. Amid such circumstances, is it acceptable for world heritage registration? Fuji is aiming for "natural heritage" is not.

Hello,Takuya Sudo @ circle around the world bicycle @ Charridermanis. I did not know Mt. Fuji until I worked.I climbed Mount FujiHowever, I thought that I wanted to write this article all the time.

From the beginning of July, I worked for the first month at Fuji Subaru line end point (2305 m altitude). Even here there is no electricity and water as it is once inside the national park. Still there are kiosks and cafeterias. Electricity is driven by a large-sized in-house generator, and water is carried by a water supply car. Especially water was priceless, and even in the toilet I was carrying a paper that promotes water saving. However, I have a shower even in such a place. The shower taking a shower after climbing is probably the best. But is not it strange? For the specialty "Mt. Fuji Melon", there is an oven. There is a post office. There is a vending machine that can be used for 24 hours. I can eat soft cream. Credit cards can also be used. You can also use electronic money Waon. Outdoor brandMont BellThere is also a shop of. You can do anything to sell it. There is also an extraordinary police box. I was often asked "Is there an ATM?", But it may be possible in the future.

Fuji Subaru Line Fifth consultation. There are lots of tourists and mountain climbers here.


Gokyoen Rest House.


Fujikyu Unzenkaku.


Mt. Fuji.


Komizake shop.


post office.


Public toilet.


There is also an extraordinary police box where a police car waits.


Parking lot buried with my car.


Bus Stop.


Fuji has no water and electricity.


However, you can use a shower if you bring out the money. 500 yen in 4 minutes.


In the busy season it will rise to 700 yen for 4 minutes.


I felt something strange about "Mt. Fuji Melonpan" that baked up in the national park. If this is ant, you can also get "Mt. Fuji erupted grilled meat" prepared with iron plates on each table, prepare a belt conveyor and "Mt. Fuji turning sushi".


Vending machine that keeps moving for 24 hours.


Can 150 yen, 500ml PET bottle is 200 yen.


And the mountain hut of the mountain path was also folded and it was a masterpiece. It looks like a theme park. Rather than enjoying nature, I felt like moving over the mountain hut. There are 14 mountain huts from the fifth row of the Subaru line to the summit. However, it is hard to approach the mountain hut, "Even the rain boarding houses get your age".

In the mountain hut, there are not only accommodation but also a dining room and a shop. Sweets and juices are sold at the shop, and the price will increase as you get closer to the summit. And there was a kiosk at the top. I will do 400 yen, but it runs to vending machines. The toilet on the mountain trail must pay 200 yen for a fee. There are places to pay 300 yen to the top of the mountain. I needed a coin on my wallet. It is the role of the bulldozer to pick up luggage to these huts and shops at the top, there is a road dedicated to the mountains.

Seventh Stage "Flower Hut"


Seventh Stage "Sunrise Hall"


Seventh Statement "Tomoe Museum"


Seventh Stage "Kamikaze-kan"


Seventh Stage "Fuji Ikkan"


Seventh Stone "Torii-so"


Seventh Stone "Toyo-kan"


Eighth line "Taekodate"


Eighth Stage "Horaikan"


Eighth Stage "Baiyunso"


The eighth line "Original room"


Eighth Stage "Fuji Hotel"


Eighth Stage "Tomoe Hall"


Hachi 5-ga "Oko Kokan"


The mountain hutters like this are like theme parks.


Sleeping bag which is dried for accommodation.


Set the price of a mountain hut where everything is high.


We also sell beer.


Behavioral diet packed a lot.


Price list.


Instant noodles placed in the window of the shop. If you prepare yourself, you do not need anything.


Crowded when you hit a tourist.


Paid sixth eye temporary rest room.


Most of the toilets on the mountain path are 200 yen.


Here is a toilet on the mountain trail.


Nature is a place where distant people live.


Lots of rainwater tank.


Gas cylinder for cooking.


The weather was nice, so the futon was dry on the summit.


A post office at the top.


The toilet at the summit is 300 yen.


A vending machine that was even at the top.


The price is 400 yen.


Why is there no contact address?


Bulldozer road where the mountain skin was scraped.


Climbers are prohibited from entering.


Material carrying vehicle.


Are not such excessive shops and mountain huts at Mt. Fuji?

In Japan there are Shiretoko and Shirakami mountainsworld Natural Heritage Sitethere is. Yakushima is also a World Natural Heritage, and when I climbed Miyanoura dake at the time of Japan round, I walked naturally inside. It is different from Mt. Fuji. "Fuji as a World Heritage SiteThere is an exercise inworld Cultural HeritageIt is registration to. It is a cultural heritage with the temples and shrines of Kyoto and Nara. Fuji's commercialism may also be one reason why registration to the natural heritage was not postponed. It seems that the soil of the mountain hut of Mt. Fuji was dripping away. Even recently, "6 years ago Fuji mountain hut sewage drained 9 times over 200 liters or more Prefecture to investigate"It is news.

Fuji Kawaguchiko Town 's commercial facility "Mt. Fuji is a World cultural heritage" curtain.


Poster called "Fuji is a World Heritage Site" at Fujikyu Station in Fujikawaguchiko Town.


As people increase, it will be burdensome to that extent. We sold everything in the fifth game. That's why I increased the amount of garbage. There are dozens of wooden sticks finished using climbing at the back of the store, and gloves handed out for free to tour customers are falling on the summit. Fuji vending machines do not have a garbage can. Those who visit will also put garbage back home. The public toilet of the fifth consolation is full of garbage. Pet bottles are falling on the mountain path as well.

When this truck becomes full, I drop trash to the lower bound. If the store is active in the national park, garbage will come out as much.


Whether the material attached to the eyes is garbage or not.


Garbage left in the public toilet.


Garbage also in the washroom.


There was also a PET bottle on the mountain path.


Blue garbage jumped out across the fence near the top.


A poster that urges people to "take home the garbage."


This is a standing signboard at the top.


If you are considering the nature of Mt. Fuji, you should take the entrance fee of the National Park. That way, the climber's consciousness will inevitably increase. AfricanBotswana National ParkYaNamibia National ParkSo we paid the entrance fee and the waterfall of Victoria which is one of the world's three largest waterfalls. Taxes are also used for the maintenance of mountain paths and the setting up of toilets, so is not it desirable that the form to be borne by the user is desirable?

I heard that "There are no mountain huts newly built in Mt. Fuji this time recently." And "It is difficult to build newly". As a result, there is limited competition. Among them, the common sense of the mountain cabinet was that it was insane in daily life. People working at a shop at the top of Mt. Fuji are throwing in stones from empty cans from a place that is a little far away. Although few people are using the middle of the way the mountain passes. I was chilly. Fuji Subaru Line In the fifth meeting you can ride a horse. People who rush through pipe chairs and wait for customers. This is also a surprise. But this is also a nostalgic sight familiar in developing countries. Chinese employees who play mah-jong at the shop, employees in Africa who play card games in front of supermarkets ... .... No, but here is Japan, Mt. Fuji. You will be able to see it with white eyes.

A shop located at the top.


"There is no fishing", it was the place where I was working. If it is a supermarket cash register, the number of fishing is complete as well as opening. However, it is not so, that 5,000 yen bills will run out as soon as it opens. I am sorry for becoming a position to provide irritated problems in Japan when I traveled in Africa. We measured the water of the rice with the eyes, but if common sense use the measuring cup. I worked 30 days without holidays, the first half I was short of workers, 12 hours of work, a break that can only take 30 minutes, the working environment was stunned. Even in an environment where it can be culled if it is lower bound, it is ok if there is no competition. I was envious of the structure that hanging on interests.

In the summer of 2008 I also worked in the Northern Alps during my temporary return. "Is garbage returned to nature?" "Is drum burnable waste drums?" "Is it okay for river treatment of my urine?" ... ... Since I worked there, I felt doubts in the mountain hut.

When it is a lot, the shoe boxes are filled with only these climbing shoes.


Can beer 600 yen, plastic bottle 500 yen.


A helicopter is used for carrying packages.


A hose carrying water.


The hose that was left unused.


A generator that moves for only a few hours in the morning and at night.


Drums that burned burnable garbage.


Do raw garbage return to nature?


Is not freedom of mountain huts without competition a general burden of living in the competition? It is doubtful whether the owner of the mountain cabin is aware that it is pressing that burden. I felt coming back from the trip was the strength of the Japanese society in which free competition is spreading. I hope the site of the mountain huts should be as good as possible so that the current situation will be even better. If the reviews gather, it will be easy to judge.

Although it is a strong theme, please give me various opinions. I long for climbing a tent night that does not rely on mountain huts.

(Sentence / photo: Takuya S. Narou Charriderman
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