Shizuoka Prefecture, one of the two gateways to Mount Fuji, is planning to introduce a new fee structure ranging between ...

Japan's Shizuoka perfecture is considering charging climbers to Mt Fuji JPY 3,000 ($19) to JPY 5,000 ($30) per head starting ...

Japan’s Yamanashi prefectural government plans to raise the entry fee for climbers of Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest ...

In April, a Lawson convenience store in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, made news around Japan after ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system ...

Japan's Yamanashi prefectural government plans to raise the entry fee for climbers of Mount Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, ...

More than 300,000 hikers ascend Mount Fuji every year, creating congestion, overcrowding, and pollution on the trails ...

Currently each climber is asked to pay a voluntary fee of 1,000 yen to support conservation efforts. Read more at ...

The fee will be merged with a separate voluntary charge for conservation cooperation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Come summer of 2025, Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture may charge a Mount Fuji climbers fee entrance of up to HKD 251.

Japan's Mount Fuji has finally been coated in white after it saw its first-ever recorded snow-free October. The mountain ...

The volcano’s first snow of the season fell in early November 2024—the latest in a 130-year record—only to apparently vanish ...