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TOKYO — Japan’s Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap early on Wednesday, more than a month after it normally would and after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years ...

These were steep screw-ups. A climber was rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week after he was airlifted off the sacred Japanese peak once — and then returned to retrieve his cellphone ...

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In Japan, a tourist town's extravagant effort to block scenic views of Mount Fuji from foreigners has already backfired. In under 24 hours after being installed, obnoxious travelers have poked ...

“Mount Fuji is a sacred mountain. We don’t want it to be touched anymore,” said Shigeru Horiuchi, mayor of Fuji­yoshida city in Yamanashi, at a media conference in May.

Japan’s Kofu Local Meteorological Office, which has announced the first snowfall on Fuji each year since it was established in 1894, has yet to do so this year, citing unseasonably warm weather.

"I think Mount Fuji will be very happy if everyone is more conscious about the environment and things like taking rubbish home with them," said Sachiko Kan, 61, who was one of about 1,200 hikers ...

MOUNT FUJI, Japan -- As mountains around the world go, Mount Fuji, about 90 miles west of Tokyo, is one of the most recognizable, with its iconic cone shape, and its (usually) snowcapped peak.

Mt. Fuji is still without its iconic snowcap in November for the first time in 130 years Mount Fuji in the early morning sunlight as seen from Lake Kawaguchi, Japan, on Aug. 7, 2019.

Mount Fuji, long a symbol of Japan, was once a place for pilgrimages. Today, it attracts tens of thousands of people who hike to the summit to watch the sunrise.

Mount Fuji — or “Fuji-san” in Japanese — is considered sacred in Japan and its snow-capped visage is an international symbol of the country. About 300,000 people climb it each year.