The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, a reaction to the town’s huge popularity on Instagram and other social media platforms. “It is ...

SHIZUOKA – The number of people climbing Japan’s Mount Fuji via the popular Gotemba trail, on the mountain’s Shizuoka prefecture side, fell more than 30 per cent year on year as at end-August, ...

Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an icon of Japan, has put new regulations in place for climbers amid concerns about overcrowding. Beginning July 1, climbers must pay 2,000 yen ($12.40) ...

One must-visit stop at the capital is definitely the Tokyo Camii Mosque at Shibuya. It is the country’s largest mosque and ...

Climbing Mount Fuji is regulated through new fees and a daily visitor cap from July 1 in a push to preserve the peak's sanctity amid record high tourism. About 300,000 people ascended the summit last ...

The iconic UNESCO World Heritage Site and Japanese landmark, Mount Fuji, is implementing new regulations to combat overtourism, including a new tourist fee. According to CNN, the popular site endures ...

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, a person with ...

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FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan — Park rangers on Japan’s sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year’s climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees and limiting hiker ...

A Japanese town with breathtaking views of Mount Fuji has become so overrun with selfie-taking tourists that it is putting up a barrier to block the picturesque vista of the sacred mountain.

JAPAN — Faced with the first steep incline on the Yoshida Trail that leads to Mount Fuji’s summit, Daiki Nishikawa dramatically steadies his pace to less than 40 steps per minute. Dodging clumps of ...