FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this ... are also putting strains on facilities for travel and hospitality, not to mention the ...

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Travel to Japan has exploded in recents years. Sustainable tourism advocates say the country needs to be proactive at ...

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of climbers from around the world travel to Mt. Fuji to scale Japan’s highest peak. But this year, the mountain will be closed as the country struggles to ...

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

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 ...

On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Japan's Mount Fuji depositing dozens of lightly dressed foreign tourists in front of souvenir shops and restaurants.

In Shizuoka, Japan, commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation to draw more visitors and help revitalise the ...

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government announced on Dec. 20 a plan to cap the number of Mount Fuji climbers at 4,000 ... climbers rushed to Japan’s tallest mountain at 3,776 meters in ...