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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...