stating that “the top of Mount Fuji burned itself … the light from lava illuminated the night sky.” On the other hand, no records of the incident have emerged from the Kai (present-day ...

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 rises 12,388 feet over Japan ... We reached our stop for the night — the Fujisan Hotel at the eighth station, around 1,200 feet from the summit — after nearly 5,000 feet of climbing.

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 ...

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 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.

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government announced on Dec. 20 a plan to cap the number of Mount Fuji climbers at 4,000 ... trekkers start their ascent at night to reach the summit before ...