Every year, around 220,000 people come to climb Mount Fuji, mostly packed into three hectic months between June and August when favourable weather conditions allow for scaling its summit.
I’m not a mountain climber and I’m not particularly fond of hiking, so the decision to do so at age 59 was somewhat hard to explain. There was something about Fuji. I had seen images of it all ...
The climbing season on Mount Fuji officially kicked off July 1 with zero restrictions that had been in place for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Yoshida trail from the Yamanashi ...
People in Shizuoka Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Fuji, held a ceremony to mark the start of the iconic mountain's climbing season. Watch video 1:54 Most hikers want to make it to summit in time ...