Every summer, hundreds of thousands of climbers from around the world travel to Mt. Fuji to scale Japan’s highest peak. But this year, the mountain will be closed as the country struggles to ...

Back in Japan, Mount Fuji is usually covered in snow for most of the year, until the summer, when the snowless mountain attracts more than 220,000 hikers wishing to trek its iconic slopes.

Mount Fuji, Japan's most iconic and revered mountain ... The prolonged warmth in Japan has been noticeable since the summer, ...

Interest in climbing Mt. Fuji is soaring. But experts say only ... most of the rest huts on the mountain are closed outside the summer season. Temperatures at the summit can be below zero Celsius ...

Climbing Mount Fuji will become more expensive next summer, with Yamanashi Prefecture raising the toll on the mountain’s Yoshida trail from 2,000 yen ($13) to 4,000 yen. The prefectural ...

There were about 3,800 bullet climbers on Mount Fuji this summer, and some were seen sleeping on the open mountainside and making bonfires. Nagasaki indicated that he plans to improve the Yoshida ...

The summer of 2023 was defined by the chaos of ... The government set limits on people climbing Mount Fuji. And in Fujikawaguchiko, a town that offers some of the best views of the mountain ...