The Yamanashi prefectural government on Thursday pushed for the construction of a rubber-tired tram line ascending halfway up ...

Bryn Thomas’s comprehensive Trans-Siberian Handbook is still on its 10th edition, published by Trailblazer in 2019 – with ...

Now Mt. Fuji will be packed with so many tourists it's going to ruin ... And much less vulnerable to earth movements than rail tracks. Moderator: Thanks for your contribution. Your comment has been ...

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system to bring climbers to the mountain, Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki ...

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government is touting the economic ripple effects from its proposed plan to build a railway up to the fifth station of Mount Fuji, estimating that it could generate ...

Climbers are advised to train in advance before going up Mount Fuji, whose shortest trail takes five hours to ascend and three hours to descend. Local police said last year that six climbers had ...

Mount Fuji is about two hours from central Tokyo by train and can be seen for miles around. The majestic mountain is a symbol of Japan that has been immortalised in countless artworks, including ...

Mount Fuji is estimated to have shot out around 1. ... ash would reach the Tokyo metropolitan area three hours after the eruption, paralysing rail networks and causing widespread power outages ...