The Yamanashi Prefectural Government will consider raising the toll for Mount Fuji's Yoshida Trail, which was introduced this ...

Tourists can also climb Chom Thong Mountain to enjoy a 360-degree view on top. During the hike to the top, they can enjoy the ...

Officials say the plan could help curb overtourism and generate billions in revenue - as activists worry it threatens the ...

Yamanashi Prefecture and Fuji-Yoshida city made 2,500 helmets available at Mount Fuji's fifth station and along climbing trails ... In May, about 20 people working at mountain huts and stores ...

Mt. Fuji is 3,776 meters high ... Officials stopped this so-called "bullet-climbing," a term that refers to when people hurry through the night to reach the top for sunrise, instead of staying ...

Japan Airlines is giving free domestic flights for international tourists, but experts warn it may worsen overtourism in ...

Nominated for two Academy Awards, the cult 1988 movie The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which shares the same name as this ...

Mount Fuji, and Osaka. "The majority of visitors are first-time visitors," he said. "And when people visit Japan for the first time, they won't miss the must-see cities." However, overtourism in ...