Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose ... the base to the fifth hiking station of the popular Yoshida Trail to the top after ...

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

Local officials and mountaineering experts are warning against risky climbing practices on Mt. Fuji as more ... Overnight nonstop hiking and setting up tents on trails are among the practices ...

I had called for mountain entry restrictions, including the imposition of a toll, even before Mount Fuji was inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage list. Heavily crowded hiking trails and ...

It is also an active volcano. Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a ...