In Photos: Mt. Fuji climbing season opens for 1st time in 2 years

Climbers heading for the summit of Mount Fuji are seen at the seventh station on the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 30, 2021. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida)

Climbers heading for the summit of Mount Fuji, opened for the first time in two years, are seen at the seventh station on the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 30, 2021. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida)

A staff member wearing a face shield at Tomoekan mountain lodge takes the temperature of a climber as a precaution against coronavirus infections, at the seventh station on the Yoshida trail of Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 30, 2021. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida)

Climbers pose for a commemorative photo on their way to the summit at the eighth station on the Yoshida trail on Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 30, 2021. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida)

Climbers relax at Tomoekan mountain lodge on Mount Fuji at the seventh station of the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 30, 2021. Infection control measures have been implemented at the lodge for the opening of the first climbing season in two years amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka)

A staff member at Taishikan mountain lodge, left, explains how to use a room that has been separated by a partition to make it look like private spaces after the opening of the first climbing season at Mount Fuji in two years amid the coronavirus pandemic, at the eighth station on the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 30, 2021. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka)

The dining room at Taishikan mountain lodge, where partitions have been placed as a measure to prevent infections, is seen following the opening of the first climbing season at Mount Fuji in two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, at the eighth station on the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 30, 2021. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka)

Light peeks through the clouds around the eighth station of the Yoshida trail on Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 30, 2021. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida)

Climbers smile as they arrive at the summit of Mount Fuji, which opened for the first time in two years, despite bad weather conditions, at 5:28 a.m. on July 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida)

Climbers head for the summit of Mount Fuji in the rain mixed with sleet at the ninth station of the Yoshida trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the mountain on July 1, 2021, after the first climbing season in two years opened on the same day. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka)