They’re turning the area into something between a mini obstacle course and a very ... You can still get your perfect Mount Fuji shot; just do it legally and safely. Think of it like visiting ...

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Japan's Mount Fuji depositing dozens of lightly dressed foreign tourists in front of souvenir shops and restaurants.

When UNESCO designated Mount Fuji a World Heritage Site in 2013, it said the snow-capped volcano "has long been the object of pilgrimages and inspired artists and poets." But it also drew ...