Father leaves seven-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji, rescued unharmed after police intervention
A 48-year-old Japanese man left his seven-year-old son alone for hours on Mount Fuji on Thursday after the boy complained of fatigue during a family climb, local police and media reported.
The incident occurred on the Fujinomiya Trail, one of the four main routes to the summit of Japan’s highest mountain. The family—comprising the father, his seven-year-old son, and an older brother—had reached the trail’s sixth station, at an altitude of about 2,490 meters (8,170 feet), when the younger boy said he was too tired to continue. The father told him to wait there and proceeded toward the summit with his older son, according to SBS TV and TV Asahi .
A mountain hut worker spotted the boy sitting alone on a bench near the sixth station at about 7:40 a.m. local time and took him inside for shelter before alerting police. Officers identified the father, who was near the eighth station, and ordered him to turn back. The child was unharmed and later reunited with his father, who received a stern warning from police. Authorities emphasized that leaving a child behind is unacceptable, even if it means abandoning the climb, according to Japan Today .
The father, who reportedly told police he “deeply regrets” his decision, had left the boy with only snacks and a soft drink, with no money, according to staff at the mountain hut cited by TV Asahi . The boy was instructed to wait for up to eight hours, though the exact duration he spent alone remains unclear. The ascent from the sixth station to the summit typically takes over five hours, with the descent taking about two and a half hours, according to the official Mount Fuji climbing website .
The case has drawn criticism in Japan, with authorities urging hikers to assess the stamina and abilities of all group members before attempting the climb. Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site, attracts large numbers of climbers during the summer season, but its rapidly changing weather conditions, including rain and fog, can complicate ascents .
On the same day, a 33-year-old German woman was rescued from Mount Fuji after suffering altitude sickness symptoms. She had reached the eighth station on August 19, rested overnight, and attempted to summit the next morning. After experiencing renewed symptoms, she was transported down by Shizuoka Prefectural Police’s mountain rescue team in a bulldozer to the fifth station, where she was handed over to paramedics for treatment .
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