I’m not a mountain climber and I’m not particularly fond of hiking, so the decision to do so at age 59 was somewhat hard to explain. There was something about Fuji.

Approximately 300,000 people climb Mount Fuji every summer between July and ... first must make in advance of setting off: which of the mountain’s trails to follow and where to stop for a ...

New measures aimed at tackling overcrowding on the mountain have been introduced in 2024. Daily climbers on the Yoshida Trail are now capped at 4,000, while its entrance is closed from 4pm until 3am.

Mount Fuji is taking another step toward curbing overtourism by doubling its entry fee this summer. A bill passed last week set an entrance fee of ¥4,000 (about $26.66) for hikers wanting to ...

The prefecture also installed a gate, a crowd-control measure, at the Yoshida Trail at the mountain’s 5th Station, where tour buses park and many hikers begin their trek to the 12,390-foot summit.

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Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji is still snowless in November, presumably because of the unusually warm temperatures in the past few weeks. Still no snow on Mount Fuji, the latest it's been in 130 years ...

At least one person died climbing Mount Fuji days before the official start of the climbing season, and three bodies were found on the mountain, the police and local media said.

Japanese officials are urging Mount Fuji climbers to be more careful after five people died on the mountain within a week, marking an unusually deadly start to the climbing season.