This summer, I often heard the terms "opening" and "closing" of Mount Fuji on television and the internet.Regardless of the news content, what caught my attention was the word "opening" (kaizan).In ...

For most people, Mount Fuji is a destination. For Megumi Ueda, it has been a workplace and home for much of the past 17 years ...

I want to enjoy a casual day camp while gazing at Mt. Fuji.There are many campgrounds around Mt. Fuji that take advantage of ...

Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee as crowds, littering and climbers who try to rush too fast to the summit ...

Snow-capped Mount Fuji rises majestically above a blanket of soft white clouds beneath a brilliant blue sky. Vibrant red and ...

KOFU--Yamanashi Prefecture will install cameras on Mount Fuji at two locations including in front of the gate at the fifth station to show interested climbers the current congestion situation. It is ...

The fee is among a series of measures Yamanashi prefecture is introducing to deter reckless climbers.

Japan's iconic Mount Fuji remains snowless, marking the latest date without a snowcap since records began 130 years ago. This unprecedented delay surpasses the previous record of October 26, recorded ...

Raoul Ries, photo taken at Hitosugi, from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (2017), published by Hatje Cantz (all photos courtesy Hatje Cantz) It’s perhaps the most famous series of artworks to emerge ...

Mizuki Tanaka is one of only three artists in Japan who paint bathhouse murals. At 43, she's the youngest—and determined to ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba conducted a three-year observational study (January 2019–December 2021) using a network of live cameras to monitor characteristic clouds around Mount Fuji.