Mount Fuji rises 12,388 feet over Japan ... creating at times Disneyland-like queues for the summit sunrise. While we toured around Japan, Fuji literally and figuratively loomed on the horizon.

Fuji to scale Japan’s highest peak. But this year, the mountain will be closed as the ... as climbers rush toward the summit to take in the sunrise. A survey conducted by Yamanashi and Shizuoka ...

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 ...

Japan’s Mount Fuji is implementing a daily visitor cap ... instead come during less crowded times like on weekdays or after sunrise. The climbing season for Mount Fuji typically lasts from ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year's climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees and ...

Climbers atop the 3,776-meter summit of Mount Fuji expressed excitement ... the climbing season for Japan's tallest peak kicked off. “This is the most beautiful sunrise I’ve ever seen ...