Every year at the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, a beautiful carpet of bright pink flowers rolls out beneath Japan’s tallest and ...

These days, the base of Fuji teems with a golf course, a safari park and, most jarring of all, a 259-foot-high roller coaster, the Fujiyama. Each summer millions of tourists visit the mountain.

The meteorological observatory began this practice in 1894 and Mount Fuji’s first snowcap of the year traditionally signifies the transition of the seasons ... foot of the mountain has also ...

Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will ... overcrowding on the nation's highest mountain, a once-peaceful pilgrimage site. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google ...

Fuji, Japan's highest peak. Around the mountain's base ... However, the lake once contained hardly any fish at all. Following a major eruption in the year 864, hot lava flowed into the lake ...

For centuries, Mount Fuji has been a sacred site for Shinto and Buddhist pilgrims, with a shrine at its summit dedicated to Konohanasakuya-hime, the mountain’s Shinto goddess. Last year ...

TOKYO -Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji’s four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen (S$36) from the summer, after local authorities passed a Bill on March 17. A record influx ...

"There is no other mountain in Japan that attracts that many people in the span of just over two months. So some restrictions are necessary to ensure their safety." Mount Fuji is covered in snow ...