Explore the latest developments concerning Man leaves young.
Man leaves young son on Mount Fuji before ascending Japan’s highest peak
Boy, seven, had complained of feeling tired so father left him with snacks and a soft drink and continued his climb
A man who abandoned his seven-year-old son on Mount Fuji in Japan after the boy complained of feeling tired while on a family hike has been reprimanded by local police.
A worker on Japanâs highest mountain discovered the child sitting alone on a bench near the sixth station of the Fujinomiya trail at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) on Thursday.
After inviting the boy to take shelter at the station, the worker called the police, who took the child into protective custody.
Father leaves 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji to continue hike
A father has been reprimanded by police after leaving his son on Japan's highest mountain for several hours with just a soft drink and snack.
The seven-year-old was spotted sitting on a bench on Mount Fuji in foggy and rainy conditions, at a point situated at over 2,000m (6,500ft).
His father, 48, reportedly told him to "wait here" after the boy complained he was tired – and continued the climb with his elder son.
Staff at a mountain hut found the child near the sixth station of a hiking route towards the summit and alerted police. His father was tracked down between the route's seventh and eighth stations – said to be a three-hour hike away.
Tattoo Kit POSEIDON New Memory Tattoo Pen Kit For Permanent Makeup Tattoo Machine Wireless Tattoo Power Supply Tattoo Gun Kit
7-year-old boy left behind on Mount Fuji by his dad
JapanToday
Sotokanda S Bldg. 4F
5-2-1 Sotokanda
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0021
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5829 5900
Fax: +81 3 5829 5919
Email: editor@japantoday.com
©2026
GPlusMedia Inc.
“This summer, I hiked Mount Fuji with my dad!” sounds like a pretty cool opening for a kid’s how-I-spent-my-summer-vacation essay. The composition gets less heartwarming, though, if it concludes with “And then I got to meet some policemen after he abandoned me on the side of the tallest mountain in Japan.”
And yet, that’s exactly what happened to a 7-year-old boy from Nagoya on Thursday. Early that morning, the boy, his 48-year-old father, and his older brother (a first-year junior high school student, making him either 12 or 13 years old) had started their hike up the Fujinomiya Trail. At somewhere around the trail’s sixth of 10 stations on the way to the summit, the younger child became fussy, complaining that he was tired.
For more detailed information, explore updates concerning Man leaves young.
