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

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

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 ...

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

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

Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, ...

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

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

Japanese authorities have taken major steps to reduce pollution and overcrowding at Mount Fuji.As per Reuters, the ...