“Whoever climbs Mount Fuji once in a lifetime is a wise man”. Fuji is not just a mountain of Japan, it is Japan. It is sought in every corner, every appearance of it is experienced as a miracle. Without him, Japan would not be the same. You can not be deeply Japanese if you have not climbed the Fuji at least once in your life. You can not say that you really were in Japan until you reach the peak of its sacred mountain, one step away from the sky and the kami that live there since the dawn of time.