Reports of monkey sightings poured in on Thursday in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The ...

Climbers using the most popular trail on Mount Fuji are expected to be slugged with a doubled fee of 4,000 yen from next ...

Trekkers will have to pay a toll of 4,000 yen, or about 26 dollars, to climb Mount Fuji from the Yamanashi Prefecture side starting next summer. The current fee is 2,000 yen, or about 13 dollars.

Climbing Mount Fuji will become more expensive next summer, with Yamanashi Prefecture raising the toll on the mountain’s ...

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

The proposal for an entry fee for Japan's highest mountain is designed to ease congestion at the site and prevent dangerous ...

Shizuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Shizuoka prefectural government Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling ...

You don't have to travel far to find ski resorts near Tokyo. Here is a list of some of the most accessible slopes for skiing ...

Previously, the Unesco World Heritage Site castle considered implementing a two-tier ticketing system which would see international tourists charged a higher admission fee. However, the local ...

Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those ...