It was our hike up the highest and most prominent peak in the country: Mt. Fuji. The year after my hike, UNESCO added Mt. Fuji to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site because it “has long been the object of pilgrimages and inspired artists and poets.” Hiking season on Fuji isn't very long early July to early September because that's the only time hikers don't have to fight snow and ice on the sometimes-scrambly trail.