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

Mount Fuji climbers typically exhibit six patterns of behaviors, ranging from a safe hike following an overnight stay to a ...

Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks ... ride away from Tokyo -- with a view of Mount Fuji on the way -- is famed for its kimono ...

Many tourists who arrive in Japan put climbing Mount Fuji high on their list of things ... climbers are banned from going up the mountain at night. Officials stopped this so-called "bullet ...

Japan will start collecting entry fees of ¥2,000 (£10) per head from people climbing the famous volcano to limit the number of trekkers to Mount Fuji. A gate is set to be installed at the ...

Now Shizuoka, the other prefecture with part of Mount Fuji, is planning to do the same, and in yet another example of rising costs in Japan, the plan is to make the fee much more expensive ... to ...