There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

during Japan’s Hoei era. The image of a tranquil Fuji became enshrined in Katsushika Hokusai’s 19th-century woodblock series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which, according to Franz Lidz in ...

Mount Fuji, south-west of Tokyo, is Japan's highest mountain at 3,776m (12,460 ft). The volcano, which last erupted just over 300 years ago, is visible from the Japanese capital on a clear day.

Mount Fuji, the tallest peak in Japan with a height of 3,776 meters ... A study published in the journal Nature earlier this year found that human-driven climate change has caused declines ...

But another view reveals the site of Mount Fuji’s last confirmed eruption, which began on December 16, 1707, during Japan’s Hoei ... with the turbulence of nature and flux of daily life.” ...

A central Japan city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost more than a month’s worth of winter days per year in the past decade due to global warming, a recent study by a US-based climate research ...

Japan's Mount Fuji has seen its first snowfall after going through the longest period without snow since records began 130 years ago. Snow fell on Japan's highest peak about a month later than ...

Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, rubber-tired tram system made by China’s CRRC to transport climbers ...

Last year, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those heading up the symbol of Japan. Now Shizuoka, the other prefecture ...

Overtourism has now reached the heights of Mount Fuji, with the local government now mulling over charging tourists even more to climb Japan’s tallest mountain. The Shizuoka Prefectural ...

Renowned composer and pianist Gabriel Hoe and a group of Yamaha Music students will be putting on a showcase for visitors. Head on down from 2pm to 4.45pm and catch them in action. The post Shizuoka ...