Gotemba Trail News Today

It was our hike up the highest and most prominent peak in the country: Mt. Fuji. The year after my hike, UNESCO added Mt. Fuji to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site because it “has long been the object of pilgrimages and inspired artists and poets.” Hiking season on Fuji isn't very long--early July to early September--because that's the only time hikers don't have to fight snow and ice on the sometimes-scrambly trail.

By many sources' reckoning, Mt. Fuji is the most-climbed mountain in the world. See why by hiking it for yourself.

Japanese search-and-rescue personnel in separate recent instances rescued two U.S. military members in distress while climbing Mount Fuji.

Tokyo and Kyoto aren’t the only worthwhile destinations to visit in storied Japan, but they’re often the only ones Americans know about.

Tokyo and Kyoto aren’t the only worthwhile destinations to visit in storied Japan, but they’re often the only ones Americans know about.

Tokyo and Kyoto aren’t the only worthwhile destinations to visit in storied Japan, but they’re often the only ones Americans know about.

Tokyo and Kyoto aren’t the only worthwhile destinations to visit in storied Japan, but they’re often the only ones Americans know about.

Tokyo and Kyoto aren’t the only worthwhile destinations to visit in storied Japan, but they’re often the only ones Americans know about.

Tokyo and Kyoto aren’t the only worthwhile destinations to visit in storied Japan, but they’re often the only ones Americans know about.

Tokyo and Kyoto aren’t the only worthwhile destinations to visit in storied Japan, but they’re often the only ones Americans know about.