Mount Fuji
Good to know
- Best time to go
- July–August for climbing; October–February for clearest distant views
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters, a nearly symmetrical stratovolcano on Honshu's central island recognized as both a sacred site and an internationally iconic landscape subject. The climbing season runs from July through early September, with four official trails ascending from different compass points. From a distance, the mountain is most dramatically photographed at dawn from the Fuji Five Lakes region or the Hakone highlands.
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