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 ...

Last year, Mount Fuji was closed even during the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But this year, people will be allowed to climb the mountain for the first time in two years. Climbers can ...

a toll road connecting the base of Mount Fuji to the fifth station, were first introduced for the summer climbing season in fiscal 1994 to protect the mountain’s environment and reduce congestion.

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 ...

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

Who says coastlines are best in the summer? The Miho no Matsubara Pine Grove is a dreamy stretch of coastline that perfectly frames Mount Fuji in all its winter glory and is lined with 54,000 pine ...

Japan's Mount Fuji, snowless for the longest since records ... We're from Australia and what you are seeing is it is getting hotter in the summer months and it's getting colder earlier," he ...

For brothers Aaron and Yusuke Jackson, buying Mt. Fuji wasn’t just about business but preserving a piece of their childhood.

Mt Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... "Subaru", the fifth and largest base station, had about four million visitors this summer, a 50% jump from 2013. Despite the frenetic pace ...