Landslide on Mount Fuji Partially Buries Three Cars
A landslide on Mount Fuji in Japan partially buried three cars in a parking lot on Wednesday, ahead of the end of the summer climbing season on the volcano. Strong wind gusts, heavy rain and dense fog blanketed the popular tourist area, Asharq Al-Awsat reports.
Three cars were partially buried
The cars belonged to people working on the mountain. According to Hisayuki Motohashi, a road service official with the Shizuoka prefectural government, no one was injured in the landslide.
The incident occurred in a parking lot near one of the four main access points to the 3,776-metre volcano. On Thursday, the final day of the summer climbing season, local authorities in Shizuoka Prefecture and official mountain guides released videos and photographs from the mountain. The footage shows access roads and gravel trails covered by dense fog and rain.
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Police were called to two tourists
Separately, Shizuoka Prefectural Police reported calls to assist two tourists. On Wednesday, a man believed to be between 30 and 40 years old was found collapsed near the summit. The same day, another man, believed to be in his 60s, was found after falling on one of the trails.
Police did not disclose the condition of either man. Mount Fuji attracts more than 200,000 tourists each year during the official opening of its routes from July to September. Local police conduct dozens of rescue operations annually and record several deaths.
In recent years, communities around the volcano have tightened access rules due to overtourism. They are also seeking to prevent insufficiently equipped visitors from climbing and require tourists to spend at least one night in mountain huts along the routes.
