TOKYO — A crowd-control gate was installed halfway up Japan’s Mount Fuji on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year’s climbing season, but the governor of Yamanashi, one of the two prefectures ...

TOKYO, Japan — A crowd-control gate was installed halfway up Japan's Mount Fuji on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year's climbing season, but the governor of Yamanashi, one of the two ...

Mount Fuji‘s Yoshida Trail, the most-used path to the summit, will begin charging hikers an entrance fee starting in the next hiking season. The announcement was made by Yamanashi Gov. Kotaro Nagasaki ...

Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer, after local authorities passed a bill on Monday. A record influx of foreign ...

The ancient Japanese believed Mount Fuji was the closest place to heaven that mortals could reach, and many made the arduous journey to the top to achieve closeness with the Shinto gods. The fact that ...