A congested trail of hikers, participating in a 2022 Mount Fuji climbing tour to see the sunrise from the summit, is seen. (Photo courtesy of Takayuki Wada) Since so many hikers start climbing for ...

FUJI-YOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—Restrictions on private vehicles on the roads to Mount Fuji during the climbing season may soon be expanded to include large tour buses and taxis. Authorities ...

Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and bring more ...

TOKYO — One of the most iconic sights of Japan, seen on many travel posters, postcards (if you still send those!) and online, is Mt. Fuji ... vans and tour buses headed up the mountain.

who fell in love with Mount Fuji as a child and moved over to Japan as an adult to pursue his dream. Passang Lama Bhotia from Nepal guides visitors up Mt. Fuji. Passang speaks five languages.

The Ainu, mainland Japan’s ancient indigenous ... the rare sight is called Diamond Fuji. On a hillside redoubt in nearby Fujinomiya-shi, a tour guide named Keisuke Tanaka marvels as the snowy ...

MANILA, Philippines — Apart from Mt. Fuji as a favorite backdrop ... They can book a tour in one of the app’s seasonal Japan tours found in the page of the “No Bloom No Gloom” page.

Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano, near Tokyo, were to erupt. Experts recommend sheltering at home and maintaining a two ...

But after 16 hours of walking and hiking, I finally set my feet on the 3,776m Kengamine peak of Mount Fuji in Japan. I was emotionally overwhelmed by it all, but it was a blissful feeling ...

Mount Fuji last erupted in 1707. In the worst-case scenario, a massive eruption of Japan's highest peak could spew 30 centimeters of ash (nearly 12 inches) or more over Tokyo, about 100 kilometers ...