In Shizuoka, Japan, commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation to draw more visitors and help revitalise the ...

Fuji is soaring. But experts say only highly skilled and well-prepared hikers should attempt to scale Japan's iconic peak ... usually open on the mountain's Shizuoka side around July 10, and ...

The aim is to alleviate congestion atop Japan's tallest peak and warn ... Gotemba and Fujinomiya. Mount Fuji lies between Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. The Yamanashi side will start ...

According to the Shizuoka branch of the Japan Meteorological Agency, the first snowfall on Mt. Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was visible from the mountain's southwestern side. Meteorological ...

Four people were found dead on Mount Fuji on June 26, days before the official climbing season starts on Japan’s highest ... the crater of the mountain, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

Fuji City Hall in Shizuoka shared images of the snow ... Snow usually dusts the summit of Japan’s tallest mountain by early ...

Fuji to scale Japan’s highest peak. But this year, the mountain will be closed as the country struggles to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The state of emergency in Shizuoka and Yamanashi ...

Mt Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures in eastern Japan, has always been popular with local and overseas tourists. But a recent surge in inbound tourists to Japan has led to ...

Thus, the company is striving to promote the tour both in Japan and overseas as a means of creating a ... (meaning "craftsmanship inn") in Sunpu (an old name for central Shizuoka) to experience ...

An initiative known as Birupaku is transforming vacant commercial spaces into guest accommodations in the central Japan city of Shizuoka, offering visitors an alternative to conventional lodgings and ...