“There are definitely too many people on the mountain at the moment; the numbers are much higher than before,” Sakurai laments to CNN Travel. When Mount Fuji was added to the list of UNESCO ...

As of this Monday, there was no snow on Mt Fuji's peak - marking the latest date that the mountain has been bare since records began 130 years ago. This beats the previous record of October 26 ...

Tokyo — A Japanese town will replace a barrier mounted to deter unruly tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji after holes ... store behind which the mountain can be seen rising in the distance.

The ukiyo-e artist Hokusai was famed for his "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," woodblock prints deeply symbolic of Japan. But one famous view of the mountain, this time from the modern era ...

Artists have immortalized it in works such as the Thirty-six Views Of Mount Fuji by 19th century painter and printmaker Hokusai. Halfway up the mountain, cars and buses load and unload ...

By Yan Zhuang and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo. Mount Fuji looms large as Japan’s tallest mountain and one of its most enduring national symbols. Its snowy peak has inspired ...

the two prefectures that the mountain straddles, were unable to provide additional details when reached for comment Tuesday, which was a national holiday in Japan. Mount Fuji, a national symbol of ...