Dad Leaves 7-Year-Old Boy Alone 6,500 Feet up Mount Fuji: Report

Officers tracked the father down at the mountain's eighth station, roughly a three-hour hike higher up, and ordered him to return.

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 man had taken his two boys on the trip but is said to have left one behind when he got tired.

Boy, 7, left alone on Mount Fuji after his father decided to continue hike without him  GB News

Emily Bashforth | Live News reporter Published August 21, 2026 5:35pm Updated August 21, 2026 5:35pm A schoolboy’s father was scolded by police after abandoning him on Mount Fuji (Picture: Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images) ‘Wait here,’ is what a dad told his seven-year-old son before leaving him alone on Mount Fu

A seven-year-old boy was allegedly left behind by his father while climbing Mount Fuji, Japan's highest summit

Father leaves 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji and tells him to wait eight hours  MARCA