Fewer climbers tackled Mount Fuji during this year's hiking season, preliminary figures show after Japanese authorities ...
Yamanashi set up a temporary gate at the fifth station of the Yoshida Trail, used by around 60% of Mount Fuji climbers. The ...
Paradoxical as it may seem from an ecological point of view, Japan Airlines intends to ease the tourist numbers that ...
Four prefectures in central Japan have agreed to prepare a system to help foreign tourists go home in the event of a natural ...
Yamanashi introduced a daily limit of 4,000 climbers and a fee of ¥2,000 per person this season, in hopes of clamping down on ...
The number of climbers fell by 14 per cent between early July and early September. Read more at straitstimes.com.
It comes despite Japan welcoming a record influx of foreign ... with the local governor of Yamanashi region warning that "Mount Fuji is screaming". This summer the environment ministry counted ...