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Fuji-san Review

There are six routes to the summit of the 12,388-foot-high mountain but only two, both accessible by bus, are recommended: from Go-gome (Fifth Station), on the north side, and from Shin-Go-gome (New Fifth Station), on the south. The climb to the summit from Go-gome takes five hours and is the shortest way up; the descent takes three hours. From Shin-Go-gome the ascent is slightly longer and stonier, but the way down, via the sunabashiri, a volcanic sand slide, is faster. The quickest route is to ascend from Go-gome and descend to Shin-Go-gome via the sunabashiri.

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