Mount Fuji
Japan's sacred volcano is climbed by everyone from schoolchildren to octogenarians during its brief official season — early July to early September — which tells you the terrain is manageable, if relentless.
- Best forAdventure
- Approx. flying time~11h 15m from Los Angeles
- Nearest airportMakinohara / Shimada (FSZ)
About this place
The classic play is the Yoshida trail: climb to an eighth-station hut in the afternoon, sleep briefly, then finish by head torch to watch goraiko, the sunrise, from the 3,776-metre crater rim. Book huts and the now-required trail reservation well ahead, and take every layer; summit dawn is bitter.
Featured in Ten treks for your first big summit or base camp
When to go
Daytime highs run from about -12°C in January to 10°C in August. Driest in December; wettest in August, with rain on about 21 days.
The year at a glance — pick a month for detail
August10° · rain 21 daysCold and often wet.
Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Live conditions from MET Norway, CC BY 4.0.
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Flights
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