Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those ...

As 2024 has seen record-breaking visitor numbers, the iconic mountain is struggling to balance tourism with preservation. In ...

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 ...

SHIZUOKA, (Japan): Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture plans to charge a toll of between 3,000 yen (US$19.35) and 5,000 yen (US$32.25) per person to climb Mount Fuji starting next summer as part of ...

Mount Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... The prefecture hopes to conduct a pilot run as early as the next fiscal year starting in April. Yamanashi is also aiming to build a tram ...

Mount Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... The prefecture hopes to conduct a pilot run as early as the next fiscal year starting in April. Yamanashi is also aiming to build a tram ...

As part of an effort to combat the impact of overtourism on Mount Fuji, the prefecture devised a plan in 2021 that suggested a light-rail system running through what is now the Fuji Subaru Line ...

Mount Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... The prefecture hopes to conduct a pilot run as early as the next fiscal year starting in April. Yamanashi is also aiming to build a tram ...

Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway partway up Mount Fuji and ... in common with a bus, running on rubber tyres and on a road instead of rails. The “Fuji Tram” option would ...