富士山 Mt. Fuji, 2009

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富士山　７月１日の山開きに登頂できず…残雪多く

　山梨県は２９日、残雪が多いため７月１日の富士山山開きには同県側から登頂できないと発表した。静岡県側も３年連続で登頂できないことが決まっており、山開きに登頂できないのは９７年以来１２年ぶりとなる。
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- words and phrases -

山開(やまびら)き　： to start the climbing/hiking mountain season
Mt. Fuji officially opens on July 1st and close on Aug. 31st.
登頂(とうちょう)　： to reach the summit
～できず：　cannot
残雪(ざんせつ)：　remaining　snow
山梨県(やまなしけん)：　Yamanashi prefecture
同県側(どうけんがわ)：　from the side of its (Yamanashi) prefecture
発表(はっぴょう)した：　announced
静岡県(しずおかけん)：　Shizuoka prefecture
３年連続(れんぞく)で：　3 years in row
決(き)まっており：　決まっていて　it was decided
97年以来(いらい)：　since year 1997
12年ぶり：　after 12 years


You cannot climb to the top of Mt. Fuji on July 1st, the day of the opening day due to remaining snow.
Yamanashi prefecture announced on 29th, it is not be able to climb Mt. Fuji from Yamanashi prefecture side on July 1st due to heavy remaining snow.
Either form Shizuoka prefecture side, it has been already decided not to climb.
It has been 12 years you cannot climb on the summit on the opening day since 1997.



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