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 ...

November is just a few days away, but Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji remains snowless, marking the latest date without a snowcap since records began 130 years ago. The peaks of Japan’s highest mountain are ...

Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, is a place everyone wants to climb at least once in their life. But when you actually try ...

Hulda Crooks earned her place in mountaineering history through 23 Mount Whitney climbs and a Mount Fuji ascent that she ...

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 ...

Japan’s highest peak is often overlooked as being an active volcano. But with the risk of eruption ever-present, disaster ...

Explore the fascinating Mt. Fuji volcano, a revered active volcano in Japan with a complex eruptive history and stunning hiking opportunities. Fuji has experienced 16 eruptions since 781 A.D. - one of ...

A Japanese town with breathtaking views of Mount Fuji has become so overrun with selfie-taking tourists that it is putting up a barrier to block the picturesque vista of the sacred mountain.

Climbing accidents on Mount Fuji are nearly twice as likely to occur during descents on Japan’s highest mountain instead of ascents, data compiled by Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures showed.

Tokyo — A Japanese town will replace a barrier mounted to deter unruly tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji after holes were poked in the mesh screen, the country's biggest national news agency ...