It has inspired countless works of art, including Katsushika Hokusai's famous Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. The mountain ...

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

including Japanese ukiyoe artist Katsushika Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Today it attracts hikers who climb to ...

Mt. Fuji is 3,776 meters high ... term that refers to when people hurry through the night to reach the top for sunrise, instead of staying in one of the mountain huts to rest first.

FUJI-YOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--At the foot of Mount Fuji, prayers for safety ... start their ascent at night to reach the summit for sunrise and then descend without staying at huts.

Mt. Fuji filmed in 1949 ... do what's called "bullet climbing," which involves heading to the summit for the sunrise without taking a rest. Officials say that leads to congestion, and can make ...

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government announced on Dec. 20 a plan to cap the number of Mount Fuji climbers at 4,000 ... night to reach the summit before sunrise and then descend without ...

Mt Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... "Bullet climbing", where climbers attempt to scale Japan's tallest peak for sunrise and descend on the same day, is also a growing headache ...