To fully experience the brilliance of Japan’s autumn season, Kawaguchiko is highly recommended for its breathtaking fall ...

Littering and other bad tourist behaviors have become a problem in the town. For about a year and a half, foreign tourists flocked to take pictures of Mount Fuji that appears sitting on the roof ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Town officials here made the “ agonizing decision” to erect a massive barrier to block views of Mount Fuji after getting fed up with badly behaved ...

In May last year, Fujikawaguchiko, a small town at the base of Mount Fuji, had to erect a large black net to block the view ...

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including ... Subashiri Village was located in the present-day Subashiri district of Oyama Town, Shizuoka Prefecture. In June last year, a project kicked ...

Do you have thoughts on Columbia University cancelling its main graduation ceremony in light of pro-Palestinian protests? Read more about this issue at the bottom of the page and send us your ...

Japan's Mount Fuji, snowless for the longest since records ... Yutaka Katsuta, a forecaster in the town of Kofu's meteorological office, told AFP on Monday climate change may play a role in ...

When an image of Mount Fuji appearing to sit on top of a convenience store went viral, it triggered a rush of tourists to the town of Fujikawaguchiko where they hoped to recreate the shot.

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

Tourists taking pictures of Mount Fuji from opposite a convenience store in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture on May 20, 2024. [AFP] A Japanese town mounted a large mesh barrier at ...

On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Japan's Mount Fuji depositing dozens of lightly dressed foreign tourists in front of souvenir shops and restaurants.