The climbing season on Mount Fuji kicked off on July 1 with the opening of the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Restrictions on private vehicles on the roads to Mount Fuji during the climbing season may soon be expanded to include large ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan >> Just after sunrise on a cloudless spring day, Junichi Horiuchi, wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers cap and ...

It’s almost that time of year again: Mount Fuji climbing season. Despite the increase in ticket prices now required for entry ...

Registration for people planning to climb Mount Fuji this summer is underway to help ease congestion on Japan's highest peak.

Authorities in the Japanese city of Fujiyoshida have decided to cancel a long-running spring cherry blossom festival at one of the country’s most photographed Mount Fuji viewpoints after residents ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi -- One year after the broadcast of the TV drama "The Hot Spot" set at the foot of Mount Fuji, fans ...

People are flocking to the foothills of Mount Fuji, which are covered in a vibrant pink blanket. The effect is thanks to ...

IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced a partnership with FUJI KYUKO Co., Ltd to transform the iconic Hotel Mount Fuji ...

They are usually found from mid-May to early June, but have been spotted as early as late April in 2026. Read more at ...

After a relatively cool spring, the weather in Japan has begun heating up, with a few days this week even hitting ...

The first time I see the four-seater golf buggy roaming away from us with no driver, I imagine it’s careering out-of-control and brace myself for it to crash into a bunker, tree or person. Instead, it ...