While the trails ask for a 1,000-yen donation from hikers ... double or triple their current costs for out-of-town tourists. While the increased/new Mount Fuji hiking fees have no such tiered ...

Mount Fuji climbers typically exhibit six patterns of behaviors, ranging from a safe hike following an overnight stay to a ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

But like other hotspots worldwide such as Venice in Italy or Maya Bay in Thailand, this is not universally welcome, ...

Yamanashi Prefecture, which introduced tolls on Japan's Mount Fuji hiking trails this summer, plans to double the fare from next summer, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun reported on the 19th.

Beyond the well-trod trails of famous mountains such as the Japanese Alps and the country’s icon, Mount Fuji, here are six spectacular places to explore the archipelago’s wild side on foot.

My father, Olson Huff, and I shared a love of hiking that brought us closer in ... friends and I summited Japan’s tallest peak, Mount Fuji. It was a climb filled with mixed emotions: grief ...

Authorities in Kyoto announced on Tuesday plans for a big hike in hotel lodging taxes ... on the number of hikers climbing the famous Mount Fuji. This appeared to work, with preliminary figures ...