FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—The construction of a gate at the fifth station of Mount Fuji was completed on June 17, two weeks ahead of its use to stop crowds and unsafe climbing of Japan ...

Officials say the plan could help curb overtourism and generate billions in revenue - as activists worry it threatens the ...

A Japanese city at the foot of Mount Fuji has remodeled a cabin along a mountain trail as part of its new project to ...

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 ...

A loss of appetite. Experts say in order to prevent altitude sickness, climbers can build up stamina, take a break for about 1 to 2 hours near Mount Fuji's 5th station, and drink water frequently.

He's spent the past 14 years working on Mt. Fuji, where he leads foreign climbers from the 5th station to the summit about 20 times a month during the summer. So far he has scaled the peak more ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued twice in one week from Mount Fuji after he returned ... found the student on the 8th station and brought him back to the 5th station on a stretcher.

resulting in him being brought back to the 5th station on a stretcher. Due to the risk of death or injury from harsh conditions on Mount Fuji, climbers are discouraged from hiking outside of the ...

According to the official Mount Fuji website, all trails to the summit are closed and most of the trail signs have been removed, with all huts, toilets and first aid stations also shut for the off ...