Every year, around 220,000 people come to climb Mount Fuji, mostly packed into three hectic months between June and August when favourable weather conditions allow for scaling its summit.

Mount Fuji’s last eruption, which happened on this day in 1707, was also its largest, spewing ash and debris over cities and farms, causing famines, respiratory problems and untold death Eli ...

Toyota's "Woven City," a $10 billion smart city at the base of Mount Fuji, is beginning to take shape. The Japanese automaker announced the "city of the future" in 2021, with the 175-acre site set ...

Ashley Ortega has crossed off Japan's Mt. Fuji from her bucket list! On Instagram, the “Pulang Araw” actress shared some breathtaking shots of her with Mt. Fuji in the background. Ashley currently ...

The area, a popular photography spot because of how Mount Fuji rises behind the convenience store, has gained traction on social media, attracting a surge of foreign tourists. The fences are ...

Climbers using the most popular trail on Mount Fuji are expected to be slugged with a doubled fee of 4,000 yen from next summer as the Yamanashi prefectural government seeks to tackle overcrowding, a ...

New fences were erected Tuesday to prevent jaywalking in front of a convenience store in Yamanashi Prefecture that has become a popular spot for photographing Mount Fuji. The site in Fujikawaguchiko ...

KOFU (Kyodo) -- Climbers using the most popular trail on Mt. Fuji are expected to be slugged with a doubled fee of 4,000 yen ($26) from next summer as the Yamanashi prefectural government seeks to ...

The Shizuoka Prefectural Government on Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling for collecting ¥4,000 per person from those climbing Mount Fuji from the prefecture, starting next ...

A town at the foot of Mount Fuji is taking another step to urge tourists to follow traffic rules. Camera-toting visitors are once again flocking to a local spot where Japan's highest peak appears ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system to bring climbers to the mountain, Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki ...

KOFU (Kyodo) -- New fences were erected Tuesday to prevent jaywalking in front of a convenience store in central Japan that has become a popular spot for photographing Mt. Fuji. The site in ...