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

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

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year's climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees and ...

Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s most popular attractions ... There are currently two prefectures for climbing Mount Fuji: Yamanashi and Shizuoka. While Yamanashi Prefecture has long charged climbers ...

Last year, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those heading up the symbol of Japan. Now Shizuoka, the other prefecture ...

A central Japan city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost more than a month’s worth of winter days per year in the past decade due to global warming, a recent study by a US-based climate research ...

This photo taken Nov. 7, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and ...

A record-breaking 691,100 Singaporeans visited Japan in 2024, said the Japan National Tourism Organisation’s (JNTO) Singapore ...

Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks ... ride away from Tokyo -- with a view of Mount Fuji on the way -- is famed for its kimono ...