What was meant to be a "one hour hike from hut to top turned into two hours," the tourist noted in the viral clip.

They are scenes few would associate with Japan’s highest peak: human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers – some attempting the ascent in sandals. But these ...

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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.

Post-pandemic tourism has made a comeback in Japan this year - so much so that the government has had to announce measures to ease what it calls overtourism. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports on the special ...

TOKYO — Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, known for its snowcap forming around this time of the year, is still snowless in November for the first time in 130 years, presumably because of the unusually warm ...

from Tokyo Station to Shin-Fuji Station, a journey of about 1 hour. 03:15 From Shin-Fuji Station, it's about one hour by taxi or two hours by local bus. But in the summer, you can see Mt. Fuji as a ...

JAPAN — It is the symbol of the Olympic host country: an active volcano. The tallest mountain in Japan. For photographer Takashi Nakazawa, Mt. Fuji is his favorite subject. "Taking photos of Mt. Fuji ...

Japanese search-and-rescue personnel in separate recent instances rescued two U.S. military members in distress while climbing Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain. The first rescue involved an ...

Our team set out for Japan's highest peak, which rises more than 12,000 feet. ABC News Coordinating Producer Christopher Godburn details his journey climbing Mount Fuji in Japan with his team after ...

MOUNT FUJI, Japan -- As mountains around the world go, Mount Fuji, about 90 miles west of Tokyo, is one of the most recognizable, with its iconic cone shape, and its (usually) snowcapped peak.