Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including ... It was home to Fujisengen Shrine, which served as the gateway to a mountain trail. After those fateful weeks in winter, nobody would pass ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—A large black plastic sheet was installed in front of a Lawson convenience store here to block views of Mount Fuji and prevent ill-mannered tourists from ...

Are you slow traveling through Japan and looking to be in nature? You won’t want to miss this site on your must-visit list!

Passang Lama Bhotia from Nepal guides visitors up Mt. Fuji. Passang speaks five languages. He's spent the past 14 years working on Mt. Fuji, where he leads foreign climbers from the 5th station to ...

All 4 trails up Japan’s tallest mountain will cost more to use this year. Curbs on ‘bullet climbing’ rapid ascents will also ...

Mt. Mihara is an active volcano on a nearby island with a fascinating history, superb seafood, hot spring baths, and ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Climbers using the four trails on Mt. Fuji will be charged a fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer after a plan by the Shizuoka prefectural government was approved ...

KOFU—Mount Fuji donned its first snowcap this season on Nov. 7, the latest in 130 years. The Kofu Local Meteorological Office, which makes the annual official announcement, said officials ...