Mount Fuji is Japan’s tallest mountain, and many would also say its most beautiful. But a less desirable superlative it’s also picked up in recent years is being Japan’s most notoriously crowded ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sorry, the screen is now up — no more snapping cute photos of Mount Fuji from a popular sidewalk spot in the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko. Known ...

A huge black screen put up in an attempt to stop tourists taking photos of Mount Fuji is having to be repaired after holes were found in it the day after it was erected. It was put in place in ...

To make reservations to enter the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of the mountain, climbers are required to pay an ...

Local authorities hope the sight of “Costco Fuji” will attract visitors to the city. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Officials have noticed an increasing number of foreign tourists at Lawson’s Fuji-Kawaguchiko Machiyakubamae store in the town where they can take similar photos of Mount Fuji from a sidewalk in ...

Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano, near Tokyo, were to erupt.

In printmaker Hokusai’s 1830s Fuji series, cranes wing toward the mountain. Hokusai, katsushika (1760-1949) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images Hikers may find trinket sellers rather than ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Tourists have literally punched holes in this town’s plan to prevent them from becoming nuisances in their quest to take photos of Mount Fuji. As of May ...

Mount Fuji is taking another step toward curbing overtourism by doubling its entry fee this summer. A bill passed last week set an entrance fee of ¥4,000 (about $26.66) for hikers wanting to ...