They are scenes few would associate with Japan’s highest peak: human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers – some attempting the ascent in sandals. But these ...

I found myself wondering what the best things to do in Mount Fuji were with only two days to spare after my... The post 7 ...

ATOP MOUNT FUJI, Japan — Search for “Top of Mount Fuji” on Instagram, and you will discover thousands of posts documenting the hikers who have made it here to the summit of Japan’s best-known volcano.

The man, Kokichi Akuzawa, said he woke up at 5 a.m. every morning for three months to train for the feat Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...

The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko constructed a large black screen in front of a popular view of Mount Fuji to deter tourists from overcrowding the area. The Yamanashi prefecture, home of the most ...

Kokichi Akuzawa reached the top of Mount Fuji at age 102 on Aug. 5, Guinness World Records confirmed. He climbed with family and friends, camping along the route before their final ascent. Akuzawa ...

The men's road race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be one for the climbers and will feature several loops around the foot of Mount Fuji, according to reports in the Japanese media. However only the ...

After a one-year hiatus, the third running of the Japanese Grand Prix moved to Fuji in 1966, with prototype and sports cars running clockwise and dangerously downhill into the Daiichi banked turn.

Tokyo >> The Japan Map Center released an online guide to locations where Mount Fuji can be viewed, showing that the nation’s renowned 12,388-foot volcano can be observed from as far as 186 miles away ...

Delighted tourists and locals captured the first snowfall of the season at Japan’s Mount Fuji this week. The mountain is so iconic that it’s featured in some of the country’s greatest works of art and ...