Mount Fuji in Japan at last received its first taste of snow in the year, but despite the welcome event, environmentalists remain worried. For the first time in 130 years, Mount Fuji had no trace ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Tourists have literally punched holes in this town’s plan to prevent them from becoming nuisances in their quest to take photos of Mount Fuji. As of May ...

To replicate those postcard-perfect images of Japan's most famous peak, Mount Fuji, you have to visit in the winter months. While the mountain is glorious all year round, the ice-crusted months of ...

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

Officials have noticed an increasing number of foreign tourists at Lawson’s Fuji-Kawaguchiko Machiyakubamae store in the town where they can take similar photos of Mount Fuji from a sidewalk in ...

On Instagram, the former beauty queen shared some snaps of her and the basketball star at the famous Mt. Fuji. In the photos, the engaged couple look so in love, with Diana kissing Kiefer’s cheek as ...

Tourist spots near Japan's Mount Fuji are crowded with visitors from China and elsewhere ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays ...

Many tourists who arrive in Japan put climbing Mount Fuji high on their list of things to do. This summer they were back in big numbers to tackle the country's most iconic peak. Often they find ...

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 ...