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Mt. Fuji climbing season ends

Officials install a closure sign on Mt. Fuji's Fujinomiya trail in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 10, 2025, as the climbing season for Japan's highest mountain ends.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season ends

Climbers go down Mt. Fuji's Fujinomiya trail in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 10, 2025, as the climbing season for Japan's highest mountain ends.

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Mt. Fuji opens Shizuoka route

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2025, as the route in Shizuoka Prefecture on Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, opened the same day along with two other routes, following the July 1 opening of the Yamanashi Prefecture-side route. All routes are open through Sept. 10. (Kyodo), ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji opens Shizuoka route

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2025, as the route in Shizuoka Prefecture on Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, opened the same day along with two other routes, following the July 1 opening of the Yamanashi Prefecture-side route. All routes are open through Sept. 10. (Kyodo), ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 10, 2024, shows climbers on the summit of the Fujinomiya trail of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, as its climbing season reaches its peak. The 3,776-meter mountain in central Japan straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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1st 5 major cherry trees summit in Japan

KITAMOTO, Japan - Representatives of five Japanese municipalities known for their ancient cherry trees - (from L) Fujinomiya City of Shizuoka Prefecture, Hokuto City of Yamanashi Prefecture, Kitamoto City of Saitama Prefecture, Motosu City of Gifu Prefecture, and the town of Miharu of Fukushima Prefecture - join hands to pose for photos during their first summit meeting to discuss preservation methods and tourism promotion plans on March 23, 2014, in Kitamoto. Designated as natural treasures in 1922, the venerable trees are known as the "five major cherry trees of Japan" and range from 800 to 2,000 years of age.

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Mt. Fuji eruption may force 470,000 people to evacuate

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows Mt. Fuji as seen from around the border of the cities of Fuji and Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture. A panel set up by Shizuoka and two other prefectures around the 3,776-meter volcano worked out a regional evacuation plan on Feb. 6, 2014, projecting that a violent eruption could force around 470,000 people in the prefectures to evacuate if more than 30 centimeters of ash accumulates on the ground.

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Plans formalized for Mt. Fuji admission fee

TOKYO, Japan - Heita Kawakatsu (R), governor of Shizuoka Prefecture, and Shomei Yokouchi, governor of Yamanashi Prefecture, meet the press in Shizuoka's Fujinomiya on Jan. 22, 2014, after the two local governments officially adopted plans to set a voluntary 1,000 yen admission fee for climbers of Mt. Fuji, starting in the summer of 2014.

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Mt. Fuji admission fee set at 1,000 yen

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mt. Fuji, seen from near the border between the cities of Fuji and Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture. Local prefectures agreed Dec. 25, 2013, to collect a 1,000 yen admission fee from climbers on Mt. Fuji from the summer of 2014 on a voluntary basis.

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Comet Lovejoy

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Comet Lovejoy is pictured from the Asagiri highland in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, around 4:25 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2013. (Composite two photos)

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Moon over Mt. Fuji

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - An almost full moon emerges over the top of Mt. Fuji in a photo taken from Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2013.

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Moon over Mt. Fuji

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - An almost full moon emerges over the top of Mt. Fuji in a photo taken from Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2013.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - People celebrate in Fujinomiya, a Shizuoka Prefecture city located southwest of Mt. Fuji, on June 22, 2013, after the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided to inscribe the 3,776-meter mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - People celebrate in Fujinomiya, a Shizuoka Prefecture city located southwest of Mt. Fuji, on June 22, 2013, after the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided to inscribe the 3,776-meter mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows Mt. Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows Mt. Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo shows Mt. Fuji seen from Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, shows Comet Hale-Bopp over a lenticular cloud above Mt. Fuji on March 19, 1997. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 1, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30.

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Yakisoba makes Italian debut at Roman event

ROME, Italy - Popular pan-fried noodles known as Fujinomiya Yakisoba are cooked at a Japan-related event in Rome on July 9, 2012. It was the third time the noodle dish from the central Japanese city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, had been promoted overseas, following earlier appearances in New York and Seattle.

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AUM doomsday cult

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1995 shows followers of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult meditating at the cult's headquarters in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM member wanted over the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, on June 15, 2012, after he had been on the run for 17 years.

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Fujinomiya 'yakisoba' noodles sold at N.Y. street fair

NEW YORK, United States - Yuka Ide (R), winner of the Miss Mt. Fuji pageant, speaks to promote the central Japanese city of Fujinomiya and its signature pan-fried noodles called Fujinomiya yakisoba at a street fair in New York on Aug. 21, 2011. Hidehiko Watanabe (L), head of the Fujinomiya Yakisoba society, organized the promotional event.

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Fujinomiya 'yakisoba' noodles sold at N.Y. street fair

NEW YORK, United States - People line up to buy Japanese pan-fried noodles called ''yakisoba'' from Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan, at a street fair in New York on Aug. 21, 2011.

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Japan's 'B-grade' gourmet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Hidehiko Watanabe (R), chairman of Mt. Fuji Yakisoba (fried noodles) Society, and Yuka Ide, winner of the 23rd Miss Fujisan (Mt. Fuji) Grand Prix, attend a press conference in New York on Aug. 18, 2011. A promotion team from the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, including Watanabe and Ide, will introduce Mt. Fuji fried noodles in a street fair in New York on Aug. 21. The noodles rose to national fame after being crowned the champion in 2006 and 2007 in the so-called B-grade cuisine competition.

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Quake in Shizuoka

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Workers remove debris fallen from a building in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture on March 16, 2011, a day after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit the prefecture and its vicinity.

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M6.4 quake jolts Shizuoka Pref.

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Employees of the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture respond to a strong earthquake which hit the area in the evening of March 15, 2011, causing some ceiling panels at the city hall to fall.

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Geminid meteor shower over Mt. Fuji

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - The Geminid meteor shower is observed over Mt. Fuji from the Asagiri highland in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, in the early morning of Dec. 15, 2010. The photo was taken in a three-minute exposure.

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends opening of Nippon Jamboree

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito addresses the opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the Scout Association of Japan in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. Boys from around 40 countries take part in the gathering.

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends opening of Nippon Jamboree

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito waves as he attends the opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the Scout Association of Japan in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. Boys from around 40 countries take part in the gathering.

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Crown Prince Naruhito to attend Nippon Jamboree's opening

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito waves as he arrives at JR Shin-Fujinomiya station to attend an opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the Scout Association of Japan. Boys from about 40 countries will take part in the gathering.

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Offices of gang group, condo sales firm searched

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers enter the head office of Goto-gumi gang group, affiliated with Japan's largest underworld syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 9 to search there in connection with the previous day's arrest of its boss for allegedly illegally transferring the property rights of a building in Tokyo.

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Mt. Fuji in climbing season

People climb Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2022, as the Shizuoka Prefecture-side route on Japan's highest mountain reopened the same day through Sept. 10.

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Mt. Fuji in climbing season

People climb Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2022, as the Shizuoka Prefecture-side route on Japan's highest mountain reopened the same day through Sept. 10.

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Mt. Fuji

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 30, 2022, shows the city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Mt. Fuji.

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Partial lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse is observed over Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, at 6:13 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2021.

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Climbing season begins on Mt. Fuji trails in Shizuoka

Climbers walk on the Fujinomiya trail for Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 10, 2016, as the climbing season begins with no-entry signs removed from three trials in the prefecture for the 3,776-meter volcano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Male dementia patient joins softball game, welcomed by teammates

A male dementia patient is welcomed by his teammates on March 8, 2015, after firing a hit in a softball game in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. The game was part of a second annual softball tournament for dementia patients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vehicle test run for volcanic eruption

A regional unit of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism conducts a test run of an emergency vehicle on volcanic ash near Mt. Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2021.

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Vehicle test run for volcanic eruption

A regional unit of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism conducts a test run of an emergency vehicle on volcanic ash near Mt. Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2021.

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Sake brewery in central Japan

Photo taken Nov. 7, 2018, shows bottles of sake brewed at the Fuji Takasago Sake Brewery in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji World Heritage Center

Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre Vice Director Toru Ochiai (L) and Yasumasa Otaka, an associate professor at the center, pose for photos in front of the facility in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Offices of gang group, condo sales firm searched

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers enter the head office of Goto-gumi gang group, affiliated with Japan's largest underworld syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 9 to search there in connection with the previous day's arrest of its boss for allegedly illegally transferring the property rights of a building in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls. Approximately 10 km to the north of Fujinomiya, visitors arrive at Shiraito Falls via Kariyado. It is approximately 29.4 m in height and 2.1 m in width. The largest of the falls is called Ondaki and Mendaki, from the Dai Nippon Chimei Jisho (Dictionary of Place Names).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐14‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls in Kamiide, Fujinomiya City. The melt water from Mt. Fuji is blocked at the precipice, wells up from the lava bed, and spills over as hundreds of thin waterfalls into the basin. Metaki Falls is not visible. The water becomes Shiba River and flows into Fuji River. These falls were designated as a National Scenic Spot in 1936.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐18‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Omiya

Northeastern view of Mt. Fuji from the hillside of Nonaka in Fujinomiya City. The top of the mountain is covered with snow, and Mt. Hoei is visible on the right. The foliage in the centre left is part of Mt. Fuji Hongu Sengentaisha Shrine. The temple town of Fujinomiya (Omiya) can be seen in front. The Uruigawa riverbank crosses horizontally at the edge of the rice paddies.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐49‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Close-up photograph of Shiraito Falls at Kamiide in Fujinomiya City. The melt water from Mt. Fuji is blocked at the precipice, wells up from the lava bed, and spills over as hundreds of thin waterfalls into the basin. Otaki (Male) and Metaki (Female) Falls are visible on the right. These falls were designated as a National Scenic Spot in 1936.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐67‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Nonaka

Northeastern view of Mt. Fuji from the elevated area of Nonaka in Fujinomiya City. The summit is covered with snow, and Mt. Hoei is visible over the ridge on the right. Houses with thatched roofs stand in the foreground, and a rickshaw is parked on the road. The grove behind the house on the right surrounds the Shinto shrine Fujisan Hongu Sengentaisha. The town of Fujinomiya (Omiya), which prospered as a shrine town, is visible in front of the forest.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐22‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Omiya

Mount Fuji seen from Omiya which is part of Fujinomiya City in present Shizuoka Prefecture. The river in the centre of the photo may be the Urui River of the Fuji River system. Farmers can be seen in the left corner. Omiyamachi was a temporary support town for the Tokaido Yoshiwarajuku from the the latter half of 18th century.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐39‐0]

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Mt. FUJI and a post town

The original title is Mt. Fuji and Hakonejuku . But the width of the road is too wide for Hakonejuku,, and a pine boulevard is seen, but the deity of Hakone Shrine is said to have eyes pierced with pine, and so people avoided planting pine trees there. This is probably in Fujinomiya or somewhere else.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐20‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

Mt.Fuji viewed from the mouth of the Numa River in the port of Tagonoura. Numa River starts flowing from Miyauchi (presently Fujinomiya city) and flows into the sea at Tagonoura. The white sail of a boat is seen. The boat may be a ferry, since passengers can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐21‐0]