There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

A central Japan city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost more than a month’s worth of winter days ... lead to water shortages due to reduced mountain snowpack, as well as increase the population ...

Six people have died on Mount Fuji ... month of the climbing season, already exceeding the total number of fatalities last season. Two climbers died on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the ...

Fuji as more accidents ... are closed until next month, although local officials say they are being used by trekkers anyway. Climbing facilities usually open on the mountain's Shizuoka side ...

A city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost over a month's worth of winter days per year in the past ... As warmer winters could lead to water shortages due to reduced mountain snowpack, as well as ...

Riders on the Do-Dodonpa roller coaster at the Fuji ... eight months when the injuries were reported, the total number of riders of the roller coaster was about 210,000. On Aug. 12, when the ...

People in Shizuoka Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Fuji, held a ceremony to mark the start of the iconic mountain's climbing season. Watch video 1:54 Most hikers want to make it to summit in time ...

Fuji, the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... Fuji has lost over a month's worth of winter days per year in the past decade due to global warming, a recent study ...