We summited July 13, 2015. The post office sign said it would open the following week. The drop box was there and we just put our post card in. Got the postcard in the US a few days after they opened.
Dec 15, 2014 Rating
Nobody knows yet by: Gary Wolff
Yali, I just called the Japan post office headquarters and they said that next year's service hours & dates for the Mt. Fuji summit post office (富士山頂郵便局) are still undecided, but FYI, during the 2014 climbing season it was open 6 am to 2 pm from Fri. July 18, 2014 till Sun. Aug. 24, 2014, except on days with inclement weather.
The number of people climbing Mt. Fuji via the Gotemba Trail, on the mountain’s Shizuoka Prefecture side, dropped more than 30% year-on-year as of the end of August, according to sources. This change…
As Mount Fuji officially closed its summer climbing season on Sept. 10, authorities declared a landmark success in curbing “bullet climbing,” the dangerous practice of ascending the mountain overnight…
Yes, you can get a personalized certificate for ¥1,080 or a commemoration letter for visiting Mt. Fuji for ¥500 from the Japan Mt. Fuji Association. It was also reported that in 2025 a non-personalize…
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