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 ...

Every year, around 200,000 adventurous souls try their luck scaling the one and only Mt. Fuji. Even though climbing Japan's iconic mountain is prohibited for most of the year, people still flock to ...

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said millions of people climb Mount Fuji annually. It is hundreds ...

Mount Fuji is taking another step toward curbing overtourism by doubling its entry fee this summer. A bill passed last week set an entrance fee of ¥4,000 (about $26.66) for hikers wanting to traverse ...

(CNN) — Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and bring more ...

A Mount Fuji climber had to be rescued twice in four days after he went back to retrieve his lost phone. The 27-year-old university student is a Chinese national who lives in Japan. He tried to climb ...

“There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” This quote appeared in my Japanese guide book. It continued, “it is possible to ...

In addition to being Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, Mount Fuji is also considered a symbol of prosperity and good fortune. That means that a lot of people will be wanting to get a peek at ...

MAEBASHI, Japan — Kokichi Akuzawa almost gave up during his trek to became the oldest person to summit Mount Fuji at age 102, an achievement recognized by Guinness World Records after he reached the ...

The climb doesn’t reveal its difficulty all at once. It starts slowly, before sunrise, where the trail winds through thick forest and long stretches of volcanic rock. A few hours in, the temperature ...