Mt. Fuji is very beautiful mountain, is the highest in Japan.
It was selected to a world heritage in 2013, while the Japanese Government ratified the World Heritage Treaty in 1992. That has a reason. The climbers of Mt. Fuji didn't have conscience of garbage problem in those days. There were a lot of large-size refuses: home electronics, motorcycles, cars and so on in the mountainside. So the Mt. Fuji Club, NPO corporation that was established for preserving the environment of Mt. Fuji in 1998, started a volunteer activity to clean Mt. Fuji. More than 6,000 people joined this and they have done this volunteer more than 60 times a year. Today, the garbage is decreasing and the mountainside is getting clean. It took more than 20 years for Mt. Fuji to be decided to the World Heritage. 
It is very nice, but I think the climber of Mt. Fuji will be increasing because of that. If so, the garbage is also increasing. Developing the tourist industry is good, but we must not forget that an environment will be polluted because of that. It is also important to limit a number of tourists in order to protect our beautiful nature.
Hi Ayaka, I am glad to hear Mt.Fuji was cleaned. Have you ever climbed it?
ReplyDeleteThat's good news - after we did our lesson last Friday, I though that Mt. Fuji might be damaged by the thousands of tourists that climb it every year. I've heard that Mt. Everest is having a similar problem.
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Mt. Fuji is very beautiful mountain, the highest in Japan.
Today, the amount of garbage is decreasing and the mountainside is getting clean.