The climbing season on Mount Fuji officially kicked off July 1 with ... One climber from Osaka Prefecture said she would spend another night at a mountain hut after reaching the summit in hopes ...

Mt. Fuji is 3,776 meters high ... Starting this summer, climbers are banned from going up the mountain at night. Officials stopped this so-called "bullet-climbing," a term that refers to when ...

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

Mount Fuji is a popular but challenging destination ... To make it in time for sunrise, many attempt to complete the climb through the night without breaks, risking sickness and injury.

Mount Fuji is covered in snow for most of the year, but during the July-September hiking season, more than 220,000 visitors ...

Mount Fuji climbers typically exhibit six patterns ... A gate at the fifth station was closed from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. to prevent reckless all-night “bullet climbing” during the climbing season ...

As the sun set over the Yokota Air Base flightline, four C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron revved engines in preparation for ...

Local officials and mountaineering experts are warning against risky climbing practices on Mt. Fuji as more accidents have occurred in recent years. Four hikers died there just before the season's ...

On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Japan's Mount Fuji depositing dozens of lightly dressed foreign tourists in front of souvenir shops and restaurants.