The weight of the mountain’s art, philosophy and history climb the path alongside you.” In an almost literal way, she maintains, “Fuji is the soul of Japan.” Artists have long striven to ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this ... excluding those with reservations for mountain huts closer to the peak, to whom the daily ...

priests in Shizuoka Prefecture cut a rope to announce the start of climbing season for Mount Fuji. More than 200,000 people are expected to make the trek up Japan's iconic mountain over the 10 ...