Bryn Thomas’s comprehensive Trans-Siberian Handbook is still on its 10th edition, published by Trailblazer in 2019 – with ...

Both the bus and train journeys are just under two hours long. Another important consideration is that even on clear days, it may not be guaranteed that Mount Fuji will be visible — clouds tend ...

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

A proposed light rail transit service connecting the foot of Mount Fuji to its 5th station would be capable of transporting 3.36 million passengers annually, a recent report by a local government ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system to bring climbers to the mountain, Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki ...

Mount Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... % from the roughly 140 billion yen ($895 million) estimated for the rail system, said the source. The new plan would allow the prefecture ...

Mount Fuji is estimated to have shot out around 1. ... ash would reach the Tokyo metropolitan area three hours after the eruption, paralysing rail networks and causing widespread power outages ...

Mount Fuji is about two hours from central Tokyo by train and can be seen for miles around. The majestic mountain is a symbol of Japan that has been immortalised in countless artworks, including ...