To make reservations to enter the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of the mountain, climbers are required to pay an ...

you can’t see the mountain from the street. A century ago, 16 hills in the city were affectionately categorized as Fujimizaka (the slope for seeing Mount Fuji), all offering unobstructed views ...

Battling overtourism and littering, Mount Fuji will now double its tourist tax. Here's what travelers should know.

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 ...

Local authorities hope the sight of “Costco Fuji” will attract visitors to the city. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

That mountain was and is monitored. "Mt. Fuji is a few hundred years overdue for an eruption. The more overdue it is the greater the likely hood of it being a major catastrophic eruption. It’s great ...

Most tours aim to reach a mountain hut at the seventh or ... A congested trail of hikers, participating in a 2022 Mount Fuji climbing tour to see the sunrise from the summit, is seen.

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government announced on Dec. 20 a plan to cap the number of Mount Fuji climbers at 4,000 ... The plan is to restrict entry to the mountain from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m ...