In Shizuoka, Japan, commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation to draw more visitors and help revitalise the ...

Shizuoka city and Otsuki in Yamanashi Prefecture. The first hazard map was based on a study of Mount Fuji's eruptions over 32 million years. The revised hazard map pushed the date back to 56 ...

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including ... Subashiri Village was located in the present-day Subashiri district of Oyama Town, Shizuoka Prefecture. In June last year, a project kicked ...

Shizuoka Prefecture. Previous estimates indicated that lava would reach the city, located on the southwest side of Mount Fuji, within two hours. The new data suggests it would also reach the area ...

The first snowfall has been recorded on Japan’s Mount Fuji following a record-breaking delay. The appearance of a snow cap on ...

The town is installing a black vinyl banner to block the view of Mount Fuji at the site. The city of Fuji-Yoshida, east of Fuji-Kawaguchiko, also plans to introduce an accommodation tax in fiscal ...

The city of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture added 35 winter days ... The findings come as Mt. Fuji received its first snowcap of the season on Nov 7 this year, the latest date since records began ...

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

An initiative known as Birupaku is transforming vacant commercial spaces into guest accommodations in the central Japan city of Shizuoka, offering visitors an alternative to conventional lodgings and ...

Mt Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures in eastern Japan, has always been popular with local and overseas tourists. But a recent surge in inbound tourists to Japan has led to ...

Thus, the company is striving to promote the tour both in Japan and overseas as a means of creating a new tourism brand for Shimizu as the "City of the Sea" in a bid ... inn") in Sunpu (an old name ...