Eternally mysterious Mount Fuji, as seen from Lake Kawaguchiko, remains a powerful force in Japanese culture and a must-do hike for truth-seekers despite the crowds and the looming threat of eruption.

Prospective hikers to the Japanese tourist site will have to take a class about hiking safety and local rules.

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 ...

Mount Fuji isn't the only place in Japan that's been struggling with overtourism. Since the pandemic, the number of tourists to Japan has skyrocketed from 1.37 million to 3.49 million between Dec ...

A Japanese panel of experts issued guidance to greater Tokyo residents on Friday in the event Mount Fuji erupts, telling them to stay indoors unless the ashfall becomes severe. The guidelines were ...

TOKYO — Hikers planning to summit Mount Fuji — Japan’s highest mountain and a popular bucket-list destination — will pay more to access its most-used trails this year as prefectural ...

Japanese officials believe they're taking steps to better manage visitor numbers at Mount Fuji. For now, Japan's tourism boom is showing no signs of slowing down. Those heading to Mount Fuji later ...

Park fees that run to hundreds of US dollars have long been charged to people wishing to climb Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro ... Shizuoka prefecture to climb Japan’s sacred and most ...

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 ...