Fuji can be climbed from both the Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The climbing season kicks in for Yamanashi on July 1.

Fuji crater on the Shizuoka Prefecture side and later confirmed dead. Also, a man lost consciousness on the Yamanashi Prefecture side's trail and died. Interest in climbing Mt. Fuji is soaring.

Despite an overall decrease in Mount Fuji climbers this summer, Shizuoka Prefecture has reported ... access limit and fee at the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture, the most popular route ...

Yamanashi Prefecture, which introduced tolls on Japan's Mount Fuji hiking trails this summer, plans to double the fare from next summer, the Yomiuri Shimbun ...

Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s most popular attractions, is facing growing pressures from overtourism. As 2024 has seen record-breaking visitor numbers, the iconic mountain is struggling to balance ...

The town hosts Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Motosuko, Lake Saiko and Lake Shojiko, four of the so-called Fuji Five Lakes at the foot of Japan’s tallest peak, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ...

The council is made up of officials from the central government and the prefectural governments of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, whose border the mountain straddles, and neighboring Kanagawa ...

Shizuoka Prefecture has recorded the longest ... Ishikawa Prefecture came second, at 73.60 years, and Yamanashi Prefecture was third, at 73.47 years. For women, Yamaguchi Prefecture ranked second ...

SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City council members Julie Schoenherr, Alex Watters and Matthew O'Kane traveled to Yamanashi City, Japan, ...

The Shizuoka government will scrap the existing voluntary "conservation cooperation" fee of ¥1,000 per person. It will not set a limit on the number of climbers. This summer, the Yamanashi ...