Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s most popular attractions, is facing growing pressures from overtourism. As 2024 has seen record-breaking visitor numbers, the iconic mountain is struggling to balance ...

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

There is a Japanese saying about this: A wise man will climb Mount Fuji once. Only a fool climbs it twice. I was climbing with my husband and son, at the tail end of an already booked visit to ...

Climbers can book their slots via the Mount Fuji Climbing website, which is jointly run by the Environment Ministry and the mountain’s two home prefectures, Yamanashi and Shizuoka. Mount Fuji is ...

Local officials and mountaineering experts are warning against risky climbing practices on Mt. Fuji as more accidents have occurred in recent years. Four hikers died there just before the season's ...

On one side of Mount Fuji, climbers were walking cautiously ... they were rewarded with a sea of clouds. The climbing season will run until September 10.

TOKYO: Three people were found without vital signs near the summit of Mount Fuji, Japanese media reported on Wednesday (June 26), just days before the summer climbing season begins. Authorities ...

Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless ... The prefecture hopes to conduct a pilot run as early as the next fiscal ...