Abstract
Concentration of visitors in natural park is one of the most important subject because it causes the deterioration of visitor experience and park resources. In this article, author examined a possibility of visitors dispersion while taking up Mt. Fuji in Japan as a case study. The purpose of this study is 1) to grasp the attributes, behavioral patterns and the consciousness of climbers, and 2) to discuss the issues related to the climbers behavior and psychological state, the park planning and management. As a consequence, the pattern of climbers concentration at 5th station was quite different from that at the top and 4 trail heads were chosen for various reasons including evasion of crowding. Besides, some specific attributes of climbers could evade crowding by choosing time and space.
