Mount Fuji becomes crowded with hikers during the summer, with its trails known for their serious traffic jams. One factor ...

Every year at the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, a beautiful carpet of bright pink flowers rolls out beneath Japan’s tallest and ...

Travelers to Japan should seek out this mirror-like lake near Mount Fuji that promises unbeatable views of the mountain and ...

TOKYO — Hikers planning to summit Mount Fuji — Japan’s highest mountain ... the Yoshida Trail to 4,000 per day and closed the 5th Station gate from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m., except for hikers ...

“Tokyo’s approach to planning has ... Gilles Mingasson Snow-covered Mount Fuji peaks from behind a gas station and amusement park in Fujiyoshida City (pop. 50,000). Gilles Mingasson The ...

or the fixed station for surveying its altitude, was 3,775.56 meters high. The institution says it conducted the survey to gauge how the elevations of Mount Fuji and other sites across the country ...

In June 2021, Miura took part in the torch relay for the Tokyo Olympic Games at Mount Fuji’s Fifth Station. He resumed skiing the following winter. On Dec. 16 last year, he exhibited steady ...

It is time for Japan's famous cherry blossoms, and if you're planning a trip to the country, take a look at these top 10 ...

While urban landscapes have their charm, I sometimes find myself overwhelmed by the concrete jungle. When that happens, I will grab my hiking boots and backpack and set off up one of the nearby ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones are still seeking justice.

The world's first 3D printed train station will be built in just six hours in a beautiful seaside town known for its beaches, ...

Shizue Takahashi lost her husband, a deputy station master ... the gassing, Tokyo police, carrying a caged canary to detect poison, raided Aum’s headquarters near Mount Fuji, where the cultists ...