First time ever! Free Wi-Fi at all mountain huts on Mt. Fuji! "Fujisan Wi-Fi"

―Powerful support for sightseeing and disaster prevention for both Japanese and foreign visitors using multilingual speech translation system―

• Shizuoka Prefectural Government
• Yamanashi Prefectural Government
• Wire and Wireless Co., Ltd.
• KDDI CORPORATION

June 29,2016

From July 10, 2016, Wire and Wireless Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Koji Otsuka; hereafter Wi2), a contractor for Shizuoka Prefectural Government (Governor: Heita Kawakatsu) and Yamanashi Prefectural Government (Governor: Hitoshi Goto), will provide a free wireless LAN service, Fujisan Wi-Fi, for use at 49 [1] locations including all the mountain huts on Mt. Fuji as well as at Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport [2] for the first time ever [3].

Fujisan Wi-Fi is a wireless LAN service available free of charge to both Japanese tourists and foreign visitors to Japan. In compliance with the grant requirements of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, safe and simple use of the service is ensured by two authentication methods, SNS account and email address.
Fujisan Wi-Fi supports 00000JAPAN [4] integrated network for use in the event of a large-scale disaster and the service can be used as a means of communication in an emergency.

As Fujisan Wi-Fi also supports Wi2's TRAVEL JAPAN Wi-Fi app for foreign visitors to Japan, by downloading the app and agreeing to the terms of use, foreign visitors can use Fujisan Wi-Fi access points to automatically connect to Wi-Fi.
Additionally, au smartphone users can use Fujisan Wi-Fi easily as an au Wi-Fi SPOT.

KDDI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Takashi Tanaka) will introduce multilingual sightseeing guidance for foreign visitors to Japan using the multilingual speech translation system [5] at Mt. Fuji trail heads (Fujinomiya Trail Head, Subashiri Trail Head, Gotemba Trail Head and Yoshida Trail Head) successively from July 10, 2016. By providing route guidance and climbing advice through the multilingual speech translation system, in addition to supporting safe and trouble-free climbing, KDDI aims to convey the attractions of Mt. Fuji and contribute to an increased number of climbers, high repeat rate and a ripple effect on the local economy by tourism.

The four companies concerned will contribute to improved safety, user-friendliness and convenience for all visitors to Mt. Fuji.

【Overview of Fujisan Wi-Fi Service】

• Availability period:

  July 10 - September 10 (tentative)

  • While the mountain huts are in business

• Available Area:

  49 locations including all mountain huts

  • Except establishments that are closed. See below for details.

  Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport (1F Information Center)

  • Additional locations in the airport are under consideration.

Trail	Available Locations
Fujinomiya Trail	5th Station	Gogome Rest House
	5th Station	Mt. Fuji General Information Center
	6th Station	Unkaiso
	6th Station	Hoei-sanso
	New 7th Station	Goraiko-sanso
	Original 7th Station	Yamaguchi-sanso
	8th Station	First Aid Center
	8th Station	Ikeda-kan
	9th Station	Mannenyuki-sanso
	9.5th Station	Munatsuki-sanso
	Summit	Fujikan Summit Hut
Subashiri Trail	5th Station	Kikuya
	5th Station	Higashifuji-sanso
	Sunaharai 5th Station	Yoshinoya
	6th Station	Osada-sanso (Shakunage-sanso)
	Original 6th Station	Seto-kan
	7th Station	Taiyo-kan
	Original 7th Station	Miharashi-kan
	8th Station	Edoya
	Original 8th Station	Munatsuki Edoya
	8.5th Station	Goraiko-kan
	Summit	Tokyoya
	Summit	Ogiya
	Summit	Yamaguchiya
Gotemba Trail	5th Station	Half Mountain (Fujikyu Shop)
	5th Station	Trail Station
	New 5th Station	Oishi-chaya
	7.4th Station	Waraji-kan
	7.5th Station	Sunabashiri-kan
	7.9th Station	Akaiwa-hachigokan
Yoshida Trail	5th Station	Unjokaku
	5th Station	Mt. Fuji 5th Station General Management Center
	5th Station	Road Corporation Administration Building
	6th Station	Sato-goya
	6th Station	Satomidaira☆Seikan-so
	6th Station	Mt. Fuji Safety Guidance Center
	7th Station	Hana-goya
	7th Station	Hinode-kan
	7th Station	7th Station Tomoe-kan
	8th Station	Kamaiwa-kan
	8th Station	Fuji-ichikan
	8th Station	Torii-so
	8th Station	Toyo-kan
	Original 8th Station	Taishi-kan
	Original 8th Station	Horai-kan
	Original 8th Station	Hakuun-so
	Original 8th Station	Ganso-muro
	Original 8th Station	Fujisan Hotel
	Original 8th Station	Original 8th Station Tomoe-kan

• Eligibility:

  All Wi-Fi device users

  • Can be used as an au Wi-Fi SPOT
  • TRAVEL JAPAN Wi-Fi is available for foreign visitors

• Sign-in method:

  【SNS authentication】

  • STEP 1:

    Select Fujisan_Wi-Fi to launch the browser

  • STEP 2:

    Select the relevant SNS logo on the login screen and login with your SNS account [6]

  【Email authentication】

  • STEP 1:

    Select Fujisan_Wi-Fi to launch the browser

  • STEP 2:

    Enter your email address in the login screen and press SEND

  • STEP 3:

    Sign in from the URL sent to you by email within 5 minutes

• Languages:

  Available in 6 languages (Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Thai)

• [1]

  Except some establishments that are closed. For details of availability, see Available Locations in Overview of Fujisan Wi-Fi Service.

• [2]

  Service is available at 1F Information Center in Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport.

• [3]

  First-ever free Wi-Fi service at all Mt. Fuji mountain huts (as of June 29, 2016)

• [4]

  Ref.)TIME & SPACE "What is 00000JAPAN?" (in Japanese only)

• [5]

  The multilingual speech translation system utilizes technology developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).
  Translation is available in around 30 languages including English, Chinese (Simplified) and Korean.
  (As of June 29, 2016. Voice input/output is not supported in some languages.)

• [6]

  Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo! JAPAN and Weibo accounts can be accessed with the service.

Reference

What is TRAVEL JAPAN Wi-Fi?

TRAVEL JAPAN Wi-Fi service has been provided by Wi2 since December 2014 with the aim of further invigorating the inbound business area, targeted at the increasing number of foreign visitors to Japan. The following three services connecting foreign visitors and enterprises are provided geared to improving the internet environment for foreign travellers. At present, over 80 [7] companies participate in the system, supporting the inbound business of enterprises and local governments.
The TRAVEL JAPAN Wi-Fi app provided with this service has recorded a cumulative total of 1.5 million downloads.

• [7]

  As of the end of March 2016

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