Season 4 Episode
- Season 3 Japanese Firms Showcase New Tech at COP28
- Season 3 Dog Parade Marks 100 Years Since Birth of Hachiko
- Season 3 Quake Causes Ground Upheavals Along Noto Peninsula
- Season 3 Japan Plans to Open Day Care Centers to All Children
- Season 3 Test Ride Event Held for Hokuriku Shinkansen Extension
- Season 3 Lunar Probe Lands Within 100 Meters of Target
- Season 3 Japan Facing Shortage of Volunteer Firefighters
- Season 3 New AI-Powered System Helps Customers Find Lost Items
- Season 3 Many in Japan Eager to Help Quake-Hit Taiwan
- Season 3 Yamanashi to Charge Mt. Fuji Climbers ¥2,000 Toll
- Season 3 Historic Gifu Castle Recreated in the Metaverse
- Season 3 Firms Develop Mosquito Spray to Fight Dengue Fever
- Season 3 Saku City in Nagano Encouraging "Dual Residency"
- Season 3 Oppenheimer's Grandson Warns About Nuclear Weapons
- Season 3 Torrential Rain Causes Flooding at Subway Station
- Season 3 Abacus Math Contest Tests Speed and Accuracy
- Season 3 Shinjuku Ward Bans Public Drinking on Halloween
- Season 3 Ig Nobel Prize Goes to "Butt-Breathing" Study
- Season 3 Nihon Hidankyo Member Speaks to High School Students
- Season 3 New Year's "Lucky Bags" to Feature Food Staples
Learn Japanese from the News - Season 3 Episode 10 Yamanashi to Charge Mt. Fuji Climbers ¥2,000 Toll
0.00 10 minutes Starting July, all climbers who ascend Mt. Fuji from the Yamanashi Prefecture side will be charged a 2,000-yen toll. It is part of a new set of measures aimed at encouraging proper climbing etiquette and preventing accidents. We review the story and learn about the suffix "-kata" in "noborikata" (the way to climb), as well as mountaineering terms like "goome" (roughly one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit) and "raku" (falling rocks).
