Battling overtourism and littering, Mount Fuji will now double its tourist tax. Here's what travelers should know.

Mount Fuji becomes crowded with hikers during the summer, with its trails known for their serious traffic jams. One factor ...

To try and bring more balance to this popular tourist attraction, Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures – who share Mount Fuji – have instituted new rules ahead of the 2025 climbing season ...

Starting this summer, hikers will face a significant increase in the cost to climb Mount Fuji. The post You’ll now have to pay double to climb Mount Fuji appeared first on The Manual.

individuals go directly to the Mt. Fuji official website to pay the fee for the climb,” Miho Overly, a Morale, Welfare and Recreation program assistant, said by phone Wednesday. The climbing ...

Every year at the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, a beautiful carpet of bright pink flowers rolls out beneath Japan’s tallest and ...

From this summer, climbers on Mount Fuji will be charged a ¥4,000 (roughly $26) entry fee, regardless of which route they take. Visitors were previously charged half this amount to climb the ...

Mount Fuji is taking another step toward curbing ... Officials are also cracking down on bullet climbing, or attempting to summit the mountain in one day, by closing the gate from 2 p.m. to ...

A congested trail of hikers, participating in a 2022 Mount Fuji climbing tour to see the sunrise from the summit, is seen. (Photo courtesy of Takayuki Wada) Since so many hikers start climbing for ...