Getty Three bodies were found this week, bringing the total number of deaths reported among climbers summiting Japan's Mount Fuji ahead of ... immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

If you've only ever gushed over sakura, it's time you met its funkier, more flamboyant cousin at the Fuji Shibazakura ...

Eternally mysterious Mount ... of Mount Fuji to watch the rising light of hatsuhinode—the maiden sunrise—usher in the new year. The Ainu, mainland Japan’s ancient indigenous people, believed ...

Lake Kawaguchi (and the rest of Fuji Five Lakes) is a lush countryside area you just can’t miss if you’re in Japan. This ...

Then, we walked up a slope to get to the cable cars that would take us across from Mt. Fuji. Most times, you can follow people going up ... natural hot spring). Apparently, the water in the ...

he was guiding a group of 42 people from Europe, the United States and Asia. Passang, right, takes groups to the summit. As a child in Nepal, Passang chanced upon an aerial photo of Mt. Fuji in ...

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

Six people have died on Mount Fuji in just the first month of the climbing season, already exceeding the total number of fatalities last season. Two climbers died on the Yamanashi Prefecture ...

Fuji as more accidents have occurred in recent years. Four hikers died there just before the season's start. Police on Wednesday said three people were found without vital signs near the Mt.

From this summer, climbers on Mount ... Fuji was still extremely crowded and needed further protection, according to officials. "There is no other mountain in Japan that attracts that many people ...