I was 14 years old when my family and I took a trip to Japan--my first time out of the country. The highlight of those two weeks wasn't my daily ice-cold bottle of fizzy C.C. Lemon. It was our hike up ...

Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee as ...

Climbing Mount Fuji on a trip sponsored by a U.S. military base will cost more this year as Japan seeks to offset the impact of thousands of visitors to the iconic volcano. Yamanashi prefecture this ...

Japanese officials believe they're taking steps to better manage visitor numbers at Mount Fuji. For now, Japan's tourism boom is showing no signs of slowing down. Those heading to Mount Fuji later ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a clear day, Mount Fuji can be seen from Tokyo. - Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a ...

Popular tourism destination though it may be, there’s still a certain amount of planning and determination required to hike ...

Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced Wednesday as two of the four main hiking trails opened, with hikers making their way to ...

Many travelers hoping to experience one of Japan’s top attractions will soon need to make online reservations in advance to do so. The tallest mountain in Japan and a place of cultural significance, ...

Japan's most iconic peak is scaling new heights in tourism management. A new entry fee may be modest, but a daily cap on visitors should reduce overtourism on peak days. This summer, tourists will no ...

Fewer climbers tackled Mount Fuji during this year's hiking season, preliminary figures show, after Japanese authorities introduced an entry fee and a daily cap on numbers to fight overtourism. Online ...

With June usually being a month of rainy, gloomy weather in Japan, you’ve really got to pack as much summer fun as you can ...

TOKYO — A crowd-control gate was installed halfway up Japan’s Mount Fuji on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year’s climbing season, but the governor of Yamanashi, one of the two prefectures ...