Climbing season starts at Mt. Fuji

Climbing season starts at Mt. Fuji

MT. FUJI, Japan - Climbers hail the sunrise through a break in the clouds from a point near the 8th station on the 3,776-meter-high Mt. Fuji, west of Tokyo, on July 1, 2012. Japan's highest mountain was opened to climbers the same day.

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