{"id":132302,"date":"2020-05-26T11:39:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T02:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=132302&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T02:52:51","slug":"fukuoka-based-startup-raises-money-to-support-mountain-huts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-based-startup-raises-money-to-support-mountain-huts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Based Startup Raises Money to Support Mountain Huts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fukuoka-based startup, Yamap, is calling for funding to save local mountain huts from the economic impact of the spread of the new coronavirus. Mountain huts traditionally are found at high altitudes to provide shelter for multiple climbers in a limited space. Therefore, it\u2019s environment involves the three \u201cCs\u201d (closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings.) While the whole country moves to lift the state of emergency ahead of the arrival of the trekking season, those facilities are facing challenges of implementing proper prevention measures against the virus infection, including regular sanitation. In seven days from the launching of a <a href=\"https:\/\/readyfor.jp\/projects\/yamagoya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">crowdfunding project<\/a> by Yamap staff members, more than \u00a531 million have been donated to support these efforts. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/readyfor.jp\/projects\/yamagoya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YAMAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mountain-hut.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mountain-hut.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mountain-hut.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mountain-hut.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo credit <a href=\"https:\/\/tsurugisan-hutte.com\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tsurugisan Hutte<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/tag\/corona\/\">#fukuokacorona<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/tag\/corona\/\">#fukuokacovid19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catch all of our Kyushu &#038; Fukuoka local news reports on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FukuokaNow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fukuokanews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fukuokanow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area related news for the benefit of those who cannot read Japanese. 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