Despite an overall decrease in Mount Fuji climbers this summer, Shizuoka Prefecture has reported a significant increase in visitors to its three climbing routes. The Fujinomiya, Subashiri and ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by some climbers. The new ordinance requires each hiker to pay an ...

Image “‘This is definitely not a normal mountain village,’ she said to herself as she gazed in wonder at the scene.”Credit...Miho Satake Traveling alone, a girl from Shizuoka named Lina ...

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A hill in China was painted white to mimic Mount Fuji, attracting tourists ... on the mountain's Shizuoka Prefecture side. However, he became the subject of a second search only four days later ...

The Shizuoka police urged all climbers to use caution, noting that the mountain has low temperatures and is covered in snow even in spring. Want to climb Mount Fuji this summer? Expect new fees ...

TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to ... Police in Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture were alerted that he had returned Saturday when ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued ... symptoms of altitude sickness, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji last week had to be saved ... at least for his second rescue. The Shizuoka police urged all climbers to use caution, noting that the ...

Shizuoka is home to three of Mount Fuji’s four main climbing trails – Fujinomiya, Subashiri, and Gotemba. According to the World History Encyclopaedia, dreaming of Mount Fuji is considered a ...

Fuji Climbing, a website dedicated to the summit. Officials from Shizuoka Prefecture did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s requests for comment on April 29. “He was suspected of ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued twice from the slopes of Mount Fuji in the space of a week ... on the mountain's Shizuoka Prefecture side. However, he became the subject of a second search ...