Mount Fuji's opening ceremony on the first day of the climbing season involves various rituals and ceremonies, including bathing in the waters to cleanse and purify the body.

Tour Highlights 1. 80-Minute Aerial Helicopter Tour of Mount Fuji: SUNRISE TOURS Premier offers an 80-minute helicopter ride over Mount Fuji.

Camp Zama Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation offers tours to help those stationed here achieve their dream of climbing Mount Fuji, Japan's tallest peak.

The first such tour was held in August 2023. It was a two-night, three-day tour where participants watched the sunrise at the seventh and eighth stations on Mount Fuji.

Before our 10-day tour of Uji, Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka, Tokyo and Mount Fuji, he had been to Japan but only outside of Tokyo once. This was not our first father-son trip involving food and fitness.