Many tourists who arrive in Japan put climbing Mount Fuji high on their list of things to do. This summer they were back in big numbers to tackle the country's most iconic peak. Often they find ...

The iconic UNESCO World Heritage Site and Japanese landmark, Mount Fuji, is implementing new regulations to combat overtourism, including a new tourist fee. According to CNN, the popular site ...

Residents had complained about tourists blocking the sidewalk, leaving litter and stepping onto the road itself and disrupting traffic to get better snaps of Mount Fuji, which rises majestically ...

Tourist spots near Japan's Mount Fuji are crowded with visitors from China and elsewhere ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. Resorts on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Japan's highest peak have ...

With the Japan travel boom not showing signs of slowing down anytime soon, it might be time to start exploring places a little farther off the thoroughly beaten tourist path, and that recently took us ...

Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an ... per visitor to the shrine. The money from the “tourist tax” goes toward maintaining the site and its infrastructure. Editor’s Note ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—Two municipalities at the foot of Mount Fuji plan to introduce an accommodation tax as early as 2026 to improve the local tourism industry and fight ...

(Photo by PAUL MILLER / AFP) Lured by its myriad sights and a weak yen, Japan has seen foreign tourism numbers explode ... from Tokyo -- with a view of Mount Fuji on the way -- is famed for ...