Despite being designed to attract tourists, the Mt Fuji Dream Bridge is facing backlash from locals overwhelmed by the surge ...

Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport handled 43,738 passengers in Apr-2025, a 33% year-on-year increase (Nikkei, 27-May-2025). The airport handled 31,184 domestic passengers, up 49%, and 12,554 international ...

A Japanese prefecture that shares Mt. Fuji is considering charging rescued individuals for helicopter deployments to the ...

Residents are up in arms about disruptions caused by visitors looking to get the shot of a lifetime. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Locals living near the ‘Mount Fuji dream bridge’ complain about illegal parking and excessive noise from tourists.

A Japanese prefecture that shares Mt. Fuji is considering charging rescued individuals for helicopter deployments to the ...

The call came after a Chinese student, who was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, said he went back the second time to try to ...

Being located at the foot of Mount Fuji is a source of pride for the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Fujinomiya and its residents. That proximity to Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, though, has ...

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 ...

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to ...