The climbing season on Mt. Fuji began in full on Thursday as all three trails on the Shizuoka Prefecture side were opened, ...

Japan News. An ancient Mt. Fuji climbing route is set to be restored in a bid to revive the mountain’s reputation as a “sacred” location. Most climbers who visit Japan’s tallest peak take ...

The trails on Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak, are now fully open for climbers this year, with some new restrictions.

John Rutherford Alcock (1809–1897), a British diplomat and writer, served as the first British minister in Japan during the ...

Climbers paid ¥2,000 to scale the mountain via the popular Yoshida trail last year, while those who made the journey through ...

Of the three routes up Mount Fuji, the Yoshidaguchi Trail is the oldest, first blazed many centuries ago. It begins at the Sengenjinja, where Fujiko pay their respects to Konoha Nasakuya-Hime, the ...

The Yamanashi prefecture, home of the most popular route to summit Mount Fuji, introduced a booking system ahead of this year's climbing season to ease overcrowding, littering and safety risks.

People hoping to climb Mount Fuji using its most popular route will soon have to pay a $13 (£10) charge as authorities try to limit the numbers scaling Japan's famous volcano. Last year, more ...

July 1 (UPI) -- Mt. Fuji's climbing season started with an increased fee to prevent over-tourism and dangerous climbs on ...

TOKYO — A crowd-control gate was installed halfway up Japan’s Mount Fuji on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year’s climbing season, but the governor of Yamanashi, one of the two ...

People hoping to climb Mount Fuji using its most popular route will soon have to pay a $13 (£10) charge as authorities try to limit the numbers scaling Japan's famous volcano. Last year, more ...