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.” ...

Many tourists who arrive in Japan put climbing Mount Fuji high on their list of things ... hurry through the night to reach the top for sunrise, instead of staying in one of the mountain huts ...

The climbing season on Mount Fuji officially kicked off July 1 with ... Those who were resting at mountain huts rushed out to observe the sunrise. One climber from Osaka Prefecture said she ...

But those living near Mount Fuji say the influx has become unsustainable ... climbing," which involves heading to the summit for the sunrise without taking a rest. Officials say that leads ...

The bodies of three people were discovered near the summit of Mount Fuji with recovery efforts ... with many aiming to see the sunrise, considered to be a spiritual experience.

Climbers atop the 3,776-meter summit of Mount Fuji expressed excitement when the ... “This is the most beautiful sunrise I’ve ever seen," said Masayuki Kaburaki, 64, of Yokohama.

On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Japan's Mount Fuji depositing dozens ... scale Japan's tallest peak for sunrise and descend on the same day ...