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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

A fire festival marking the end of the summer climbing season is held at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Fujiyoshida on Aug. 26, 2025. About 100 torches are lit along a 2-kilometer approach to a shrine during the festival dating back over 450 years.

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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

A fire festival marking the end of the summer climbing season is held at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Fujiyoshida on Aug. 26, 2025. About 100 torches are lit along a 2-kilometer approach to a shrine during the festival dating back over 450 years.

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Mt. Fuji height increased after survey

Photo taken in November 2024 from Fujiyoshida in central Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain. The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan said in December 2024 that it has increased the listed height of Mt. Fuji to 3,775 meters, 56 centimeters, taller by 5 centimeters than previously measured, following a satellite survey.

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Cap cloud over Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Nov. 15, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in central Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture shows a cap cloud over the peak of Mt. Fuji.

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Cap cloud over Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Nov. 15, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in central Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture shows a cap cloud over the peak of Mt. Fuji.

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Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Photo taken Nov. 7, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The snowcap was 36 days later than average and the latest on record, according to the Kofu weather observatory in Yamanashi Prefecture, due to unusually warm weather.

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Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Photo taken Nov. 7, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The snowcap was 36 days later than average and the latest on record, according to the Kofu weather observatory in Yamanashi Prefecture, due to unusually warm weather.

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Mt. Fuji

Mt. Fuji is seen from a shopping street in Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2024, a popular photo-shooting spot.

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Cherry blossoms and Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken on April 13, 2024, shows a popular scenic spot where Mt. Fuji, a red five-story pagoda and cherry blossoms in full bloom can be seen all together at Arakurayama Sengen Park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Cap cloud over Mt. Fuji

Photo taken Oct. 20, 2023, from Fujiyoshida in Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture shows a cap cloud over the top of Mt. Fuji.

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Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2023, from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2023, from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

Torches about 3 meters tall are lit along a way leading to a shrine at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2023. The festival, dating back 400 years, marks the end of the summer climbing season of Japan's highest mountain.

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Mt. Fuji reopens for climbers

People carry a portable "mikoshi" shrine to pray for the safety of climbers at Fujisan Komitake shrine located at the fifth station of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2023. The summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan officially began the same day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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Mt. Fuji reopens for climbers

People carry a portable "mikoshi" shrine to pray for the safety of climbers at Fujisan Komitake shrine located at the fifth station of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2023. The summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan officially began the same day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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Mt. Fuji reopening ceremony

A ceremony praying for the safety of climbers is held at a shrine located at the fifth station of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2023. The summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan officially begins the same day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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10th anniv. of Mt. Fuji's World Heritage registration

Nursery school children stand in front of a Mt. Fuji-themed bus during an event in Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 22, 2023, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage registration of Japan's tallest mountain.

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Cherry blossoms and Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, shows a popular scenic spot where Mt. Fuji, a red five-story pagoda and cherry blossoms in full bloom can be seen all together at Asakurayama Sengen Park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture in eastern Japan.

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Painter draws Mt. Fuji impromptu at Fuji-Q Highland

KOFU, Japan - Mizuki Tanaka, a public bath wall painter, draws Mt. Fuji impromptu at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 22, 2014.

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Painter draws Mt. Fuji impromptu at Fuji-Q Highland

KOFU, Japan - Mizuki Tanaka, a public bath wall painter, draws Mt. Fuji impromptu at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 22, 2014.

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Cap cloud, lenticular cloud around Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - A cap cloud covers the top of Mt. Fuji next to lenticular clouds (L), which consist of layers of lens-like clouds, in this photo taken from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture in central Japan, on Oct. 21, 2014.

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Cap cloud over Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - A cap cloud covers the top of Mt. Fuji in this photo taken from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture in central Japan, on Oct. 21, 2014.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken from an area in the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken from an area in the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Fuso-kyo grassroots Shinto priests perform fire ritual

TOKYO, Japan - Priests of Fuso-kyo, a Japanese grassroots Shinto sect based on the worship of Mt. Fuji, perform a fire ritual at its shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on June 3, 2014.

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Fire festival marks end of Mt. Fuji's summer climbing season

KOFU, Japan - A fire festival is held in Fujiyoshida in the central Japan prefecture of Yamanashi on Aug. 26, 2014, to mark the end of the summer climbing season of Mt. Fuji this year.

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China city punishes fun house for imitating Japan original

SHANGHAI, China - Many visitors line up in front of a fun house in Hangzhou in China's eastern coastal province of Zhejiang in this file photo taken on June 29, 2014. The city's authorities imposed administrative punishment on the representative of the "haunted house" resembling Japan's Fujikyu Highland-operated similar facility in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Cap cloud on top of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - A cap cloud on top of Mt Fuji is pictured on Aug. 11, 2014, from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in a clear sky after Typhoon Halong passed.

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Ex-University of Tokyo pres. speaks at science camp

KOFU, Japan - Akito Arima, former president of the University of Tokyo, delivers a lecture during a summer camp for sophomores from junior high schools who aim to take part in the International Science Olympiads, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 1, 2014.

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Science summer camp starts in Yamanashi Pref.

KOFU, Japan - Akito Arima, former president of the University of Tokyo, delivers a lecture during a summer camp for sophomores from junior high schools who aim to take part in the International Science Olympiads, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 1, 2014.

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People climb Mt. Fuji

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers climb Mt. Fuji from the Yamanashi side on June 30, 2014, the day before the opening of the mountain for the climbing season.

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Cap cloud above Mt. Fuji

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows a cap cloud hovering above Mt. Fuji on Nov. 27, 2013.

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Phoenix on Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Snow marks resembling a phoenix (C) appear on Mt. Fuji viewed from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2013.

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Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 19, 2013.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken July 25, 2013, shows a box set up at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji to collect a 1,000 yen admission fee. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day from those climbing Mt. Fuji to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken July 25, 2013, shows souvenir badges to be given to those climbing Mt. Fuji and paying a 1,000 yen admission fee, at a collection point at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers pay a 1,000 yen admission fee on July 25, 2013 at a collection box at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day from those climbing Mt. Fuji to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers pay a 1,000 yen admission fee on July 25, 2013 at a collection box at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day from those climbing Mt. Fuji to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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Car restriction on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Climbers get on a shuttle bus in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, as the season's restrictions on the use of cars began on three routes climbing halfway up Mt. Fuji on July 12, 2013. The period of the restriction was extended due to an expected increase in climbers of Japan's highest peak recently added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage site.

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Mt. Fuji climbers

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a climbing trail between the sixth and seventh stations of Mt. Fuji that is crowded with climbers on July 6, 2013.

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Mt. Fuji climbers

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a climbing trail between the sixth and seventh stations of Mt. Fuji that is crowded with climbers on July 6, 2013.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Children celebrate in front of a painting of Mt. Fuji on an outer wall of the municipal government office of Fujiyoshida, a Yamanashi Prefecture city located north of the 3,776-meter mountain on June 22, 2013, after the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided 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 - Shigeru Horiuchi (L seated), the mayor of Fujiyoshida, a Yamanashi Prefecture city located north of Mt. Fuji, smiles while being surrounded by reporters in his office on June 22, 2013, as he hears over the phone that 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 Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 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 - Shigeru Horiuchi, the mayor of Fujiyoshida, a Yamanashi Prefecture city located north of Mt. Fuji, puts up a poster celebrating the inscription of the 3,776-meter mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List in his office on June 22, 2013.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 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 a shrine gate and Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 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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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo shows a shrine gate and Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 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 Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 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.