Japan’s countryside certainly offers a different experience than its cities, but whether that makes it categorically superior ...

A 4-year-old girl from Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture had the tip of her finger bitten off by a horse at a commercial ...

Mount Fuji straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, and can be climbed from both prefectures. Yamanashi Prefecture ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system ...

As part of an effort to combat the impact of overtourism on Mount Fuji, the prefecture devised a plan in 2021 that suggested ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a ...

American tourist, 65, arrested for defacing one of Tokyo’s most iconic shrines - American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on ...

Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times ...

Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan plans to require people who climb Mt. Fuji to pay a toll starting next season as a way ...

Mount Fuji was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2013, further boosting its appeal. But the distinction came on the ...

Currently each climber is asked to pay a voluntary fee of 1,000 yen to support conservation efforts. Read more at ...