Climbing Mount Fuji may be about to get a lot easier, as officials are believed to be eying up a new tram system to quell overcrowding and pollution on the trails. According to a report by Reuters ...
Mount Fuji, is implementing new regulations to combat overtourism, including a new tourist fee. According to CNN, the popular site endures human-made pollution and large crowds of travelers ...
Mount Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. Pollution from the constant stream of tourist buses and cars arriving at ...
Climbers must pay 2,000 yen ($12) and their numbers will be limited to 4,000 a day after complaints of litter, pollution, and dangerously crowded trails flowed in last year. "I think Mount Fuji ...
There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits to touring vineyards on the mountain’s slopes.