Dress warmly, take a raincoat, and wear proper hiking boots by: Gary Wolff
On my Climbing Mt. Fuji FAQ page, it's a mystery how you somehow managed to miss the HUGE graphic showing what to wear when climbing Mt. Fuji, :-) but here's the direct link:
In 2024, there were 2,946 mountain distress incidents reported nationwide, according to the National Police Agency — a decrease of 180 from the previous year. However, trouble on popular tourist peaks…
Every year SoftBank Corp. takes measures to enhance communication services for climbers on Mt. Fuji, including setting up base stations at the summit during the summer climbing season. In 2025, SoftBa…
As of Sept. 2023, it was reported that 80-year-old mountaineer Yoshinobu Jitsukawa (實川欣伸), known as "Mr. Fuji," had climbed Japan's tallest peak a record 2,230 times! WOW! Jitsukawa, a resident of Num…
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