Prospective hikers to the Japanese tourist site will have to take a class about hiking safety and local rules.
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 ...
TOKYO — Sorry, the screen is now up — no more snapping cute photos of Mount Fuji from a popular sidewalk spot in the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko. Known as a ...
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 ...
Many tourists who arrive in Japan put climbing Mount Fuji high on their list of things to do. This summer they were back in big numbers to tackle the country's most iconic peak. Often they find ...
(CNN) — Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site ... in 2023 as a way to manage the popular photo op. The snowy onsen town of Otaru has had to hire security guards to patrol the town and ...