More than 300,000 hikers ascend Mount Fuji every year, creating congestion, overcrowding, and pollution on the trails ...

Japan's Mount Fuji has finally been coated in white after it saw its first-ever recorded snow-free October. The mountain ...

The volcano’s first snow of the season fell in early November 2024—the latest in a 130-year record—only to apparently vanish ...

This troubling satellite image shows Japan's Mount Fuji without snow on 9 November, the latest the famously snowcapped peak ...

Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest mountain, recently experienced its first snowfall after one of the longest snowless stretches in ...

Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, ...

SHIZUOKA, (Japan): Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture plans to charge a toll of between 3,000 yen (US$19.35) and 5,000 yen (US$32.25 ...

The fees is designed to prevent overcrowding on trails and discourage dangerous overnight attempts to scale the mountain.

From popular spots to secret viewpoints, these are the best places to view Mount Fuji and to take the best photos for ...

As part of an effort to combat the impact of overtourism on Mount Fuji, the prefecture devised a plan in 2021 that suggested ...

Japan has abandoned plans for a light railway on Mount Fuji, opting for a hydrogen-powered transport system resembling a ...

Currently each climber is asked to pay a voluntary fee of 1,000 yen to support conservation efforts. Read more at ...