Kokichi Akuzawa has become the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Fuji at the age of 102 – despite almost giving up during his trek. View image in fullscreen Kokichi Akuzawa was 96 the first time he became the oldest person to scale Mount Fuji. “It’s better to climb while you still can.”The trip was not Akuzawa’s first record-breaking ascent of Mount Fuji. “Mount Fuji isn’t a difficult mountain, but this time was harder than six years ago. “I want to paint some scenes from the summit of Mount Fuji, places that hold special memories for me, since this was probably my last time reaching the top.”