Local officials and mountaineering experts are warning against risky climbing practices on Mt ... Fuji to cap the number of climbers. Otani Kazuo, an official of the Yamanashi Prefecture Mount ...

Researchers found evidence of six previously unknown major eruptions of majestic Mount Fuji between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. The discovery may lead to a review of conventional studies on ...

Climbers will be urged to leave Mount Fuji immediately when scientists detect signs of a volcanic eruption under a new evacuation plan published on March 29. Residents will be asked to evacuate on ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

There’s probably no better place to do this in Tokyo than at the summit of Mt Takao, just 50 minutes by train from Shinjuku Station. Starting at midnight, the head priest of Yakuoin temple will ...

who fell in love with Mount Fuji as a child and moved over to Japan as an adult to pursue his dream. Passang Lama Bhotia from Nepal guides visitors up Mt. Fuji. Passang speaks five languages.

A file photo of Mount Fuji seen without snow in September 2023 Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it the latest time in the year the mountain has remained bare since records began 130 years ago.

Last year, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those heading up the symbol of Japan. Now Shizuoka, the other prefecture ...

If those mentions of “Fuji” have you thinking of Mount Fuji, you’re spot-on ... was moved to Kyoto and travel patterns shifted so that more visitors now approach Mt. Fuji from the north and east.