Shiretoko Mountain Toilets
In the late 1990s, Mt. Fuji was plagued by a large amount of trash and human waste, and related environmental problems came under close scrutiny. From 1999, a subsidy project was started to build mountain lodge toilets. The subsidy program builds mountain lodge toilets that can serve as public restrooms, and it also provide subsidies covering 50% of the construction costs for sewage and human waste treatment facilities for private mountain lodge operators with the aim of promoting the preservation and proper usage of the exceptional natural environment in the mountain ranges of national parks, etc.