TOKYO -- Mount Fuji becomes crowded with hikers during the summer, with its trails known for their serious traffic jams. One factor contributing to this is when many hikers aim to view the sunrise ...

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 ...

Gilles Mingasson It’s dawn on the first day of January and a crowd in the hundreds has gathered at the base of Mount Fuji to watch the rising light of hatsuhinode—the maiden sunrise—usher in ...

The climbing season on Mount Fuji officially kicked off July 1 with ... Those who were resting at mountain huts rushed out to observe the sunrise. One climber from Osaka Prefecture said she ...

Mt. Fuji is 3,776 meters high ... term that refers to when people hurry through the night to reach the top for sunrise, instead of staying in one of the mountain huts to rest first.

Mt. Fuji filmed in 1949 ... do what's called "bullet climbing," which involves heading to the summit for the sunrise without taking a rest. Officials say that leads to congestion, and can make ...

Battling overtourism and littering, Mount Fuji will now double its tourist tax. Here's what travelers should know.

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 ...

Mount Fuji is covered in snow for most of the year, but during the summer hiking season many trudge up its steep, rocky slopes through the night to see the sunrise. The symmetrical mountain has been ...