YAMANAKAKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Solidified lava from eruptions of Mount Fuji in the distant past offers frightening clues of what awaits if the sacred mountain blows its top again. Researchers ...

More often than not, this is followed with, “There’s a saying, ‘A wise person climbs Mount Fuji once, only a fool climbs it twice.’" I wonder what that makes me. A super fool? No ...

The hike in the climbing fee of Japan's Mount Fuji is being implemented amid growing concerns about climber density and its impact on the environment.

Mt. Mihara is an active volcano on a nearby island with a fascinating history, superb seafood, hot spring baths, and ...

Mt. Fuji filmed in 1949, with Shinto priests conducting a purification ceremony. Japan's highest mountain is considered a sacred place in the Shinto religion. An 8th-century collection of poems ...

Japan will introduce a ¥4,000 (or about £20 ) entry fee for all four main trails of Mount Fuji starting this summer to tackle ...

The Japanese have revered the mountain since ancient times, as a sacred mountain akin to Mount Fuji. The mountain has a height of 877 meters. Mount Tsukuba, called Tsukuba-san in Japanese ...