FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year's climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees and ...

Climbing Mt. Fuji was supposed to be an unforgettable experience, but it quickly turned into a nightmare. 😞 From the ...

On the other hand, for domestic Japanese travelers, many of whom are struggling with inflation-related ... and if approved to be in effect for the next Mount Fuji climbing season in the summer of 2025 ...

Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s most popular attractions ... There are currently two prefectures for climbing Mount Fuji: Yamanashi and Shizuoka. While Yamanashi Prefecture has long charged climbers ...

The proposal for an entry fee for Japan's highest mountain ... a voluntary registration system for Mount Fuji climbers during this year's climbing season, had been considering collecting an ...

Mount Fuji, south-west of Tokyo, is Japan's highest mountain at 3,776m (12,460 ft). The volcano, which last erupted just over 300 years ago, is visible from the Japanese capital on a clear day.

Japan set a new record for visitor arrivals this year, receiving 33.38 million foreigners between January and November 2024 ...

Overtourism has now reached the heights of Mount Fuji, with the local government now mulling over charging tourists even more to climb Japan’s tallest mountain. The Shizuoka Prefectural ...

An essay by Ava Mounts about her experience climbing Japan’s Mount Fuji has been named the winner of the Spokesman-Review’s ...

A central Japan city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost more than a month’s worth of winter days per year in the past decade due to global warming, a recent study by a US-based climate research ...