T o replicate those postcard-perfect images of Japan's most famous peak, Mount Fuji, you have to visit in the winter months. While the mountain is glorious all year round, the ice-crusted months ...

YAMANAKAKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—Mio Watanabe takes photographs of Mount Fuji every day with a smartphone ... the rugged summit glows red in the rising sun. In winter, the snow-covered mountain ...