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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A woman struck by falling rocks near the top of Mount Fuji died on Monday. Anna Dubrovina, a 29-year-old woman from Russia, was killed while climbing with her husband. They were about 200 meters ...

Japan is a country with amazing food, night cities, beautiful nature ... and enjoy a laid-back atmosphere. Mount Fuji is a volcano that is a sacred mountain in Japan. It is Japan's highest ...

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.