Tag: Mount fuji

After Man Rescued on Mount Fuji Twice in a Week, Mayor Suggests Off-Season Climbers Should Pay the Rescue Bill

Japan’s Mount Fuji recently made international news after the same man had to be rescued from it twice within the same week. (The second time was because he returned to get his phone he’d dropped during the first rescue.) Mount Fuji has an on-season and …Read more »

Oops—Same Man Requires Two Emergency Rescues on Mount Fuji in Less Than a Week

April 30, 2025

Danica Davidson

Japan’s Mount Fuji is a famous place to hike, but there is an official hiking season for it, and that begins in July. For a lot of the year, the mountain is not properly staffed by people who can help if anything goes wrong. So …Read more »