Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture has brought in the toll to protect the UNESCO-designated environment. View on euronews ...

Japan will introduce a ¥4,000 (or about £20 ) entry fee for all four main trails of Mount Fuji starting this summer to tackle ...

Climbers using the four trails on Mt. Fuji will be charged a fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer after a plan by the Sh ...

TOKYO—Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji’s four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer ...

A record influx of foreign tourists to Japan has sparked alarm about overcrowding on the nation’s highest mountain, a ...

Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen from this summer, after ...

Despite an overall decrease in Mount Fuji climbers this summer ... Meanwhile, the total number of climbers on the mountain dropped 7.7 percent to 204,316 compared to the previous year.

Currently, climbers who hike from the mountain’s fifth station onward are ... Over-tourism has been recognized as a problem on Mount Fuji, causing Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, the ...

Shizuoka prefecture officials say it is very dangerous to climb the mountain during October through June because facilities hikers may need are not available. Local officials say Mt. Fuji ...

Mt. Fuji filmed in 1949, with Shinto priests conducting a purification ceremony. Japan's highest mountain is considered a sacred place in the Shinto religion. An 8th-century collection of poems ...