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I love this gorgeous woodblock print from Hasui Kawase, View of Azalea Garden from Mt. Fuji. Hasui was a significant ...
The true story of how a rainstorm at a U.S. Marine encampment led to a deadly conflagration.
SHIZUOKA – A Japanese local government’s decision to promote a bridge as the perfect spot for an Instagrammable shot of Mt Fuji has backfired, with residents up in arms about disruptions ...
In this video, I meet with a Mount Fuji climbing expert to share 5 essential climbing tips following my unsuccessful attempt to summit Mt. Fuji. Useful gear for climbing Mt. Fuji includes warm ...
A student in Japan had to be rescued twice within four days from Mount Fuji because he went back to the mountain to look for his phone, according to local authorities and media reports.
Mount Fuji, an active volcano and Japan's highest peak, is covered in snow for most of the year. A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes ...
A 27-year-old student from China was rescued from Japan’s tallest mountain, Mount Fuji, twice within four days after he returned to look for a cellphone left behind the first time. The climber ...
A mountain climber had to be rescued from Mt. Fuji twice in the space of a week after he returned to the same spot days later to retrieve his lost phone. The 27-year-old mountaineer, a Chinese ...
An inexperienced climber became stranded on Mount Fuji last week, after climbing to the top of the Japanese mountain and losing some of his climbing gear. As if that weren’t bad enough ...
People are discouraged from climbing Mount Fuji outside of the official climbing season that runs from July to September A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its ...
Mount Fuji is seen from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter flying over Shizuoka Prefecture. (Mainichi) KOFU (Kyodo) -- People planning to visit Mt. Fuji will be required to wear appropriate climbing ...