While in Japan a group of us JSP students decided to hike Mt. Fuji or as they refer to it in Japanese, Fuji-san.  The hike went over the course of two days.  We took a bus to the 5th summit where everyone starts hiking.  We left there around 12-1pm and were immediately drenched by a sudden downpour of cold mountain rain.  We pressed on,  hiking until around 4pm where we stopped at a Yamagoya (mountain hut).  We stayed in the mountain hut, dried off, ate dinner and rested until 11pm where we left and continued our trek with the goal of reaching the summit of Mt. Fuji by sunrise.  We made it to the top with about 20 minutes to spare.  The sunrise from the top was amazing and seeing the sun’s rays slowly pierce through the sea of clouds was truly an enlightening experience.  I definitely recommend hiking Mt. Fuji  o anyone staying in Japan for a period of time.  That being said I don’t think I would ever do it again, as they say “everyone should hike Mt. Fuji once, but only a fool would hike it twice”.