Mount Fuji is taking another step toward curbing overtourism by doubling its entry fee this summer. A bill passed last week set an entrance fee of ¥4,000 (about $26.66) for hikers wanting to ...

Mount Fuji becomes crowded with hikers during the summer, with its trails known for their serious traffic jams. One factor ...

FUJI-YOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—Restrictions on private vehicles on the roads to Mount Fuji during the climbing season may soon be expanded to include large tour buses and taxis. Authorities ...

(CNN) — Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and ...

Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano, near Tokyo, were ...

The proposed regulations also require that trail safety guides and tour guides have the authority ... Over-tourism has been recognized as a problem on Mount Fuji, causing Yamanashi and Shizuoka ...

But after 16 hours of walking and hiking, I finally set my feet on the 3,776m Kengamine peak of Mount Fuji in Japan. I was emotionally overwhelmed by it all, but it was a blissful feeling ...

To see Mt. Fuji you don’t go all the way there. The best views are had from a small mountain resort town called Hakone, about ...

Battling overtourism and littering, Mount Fuji will now double its tourist tax. Here's what travelers should know.