There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Visitors to a popular viewing spot for Mount Fuji could face being slapped ... deck offers picture-perfect views of Japan’s highest peak with the Chureito ...

This temple is one of the most important in Japan, so much so that it was the ... "moon-viewing platform," which some say resembles Mount Fuji. Sanjusangendo in Eastern Kyoto is mostly known ...

In recent years, Japan’s most prominent temples and shrines have become increasingly ... If those mentions of “Fuji” have you thinking of Mount Fuji, you’re spot-on. Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha is the ...

But like other hotspots worldwide such as Venice in Italy or Maya Bay in Thailand, this is not universally welcome, ...

The Yamanashi prefectural government is pushing ahead with plans to build a railroad up Mount Fuji despite sharp opposition from a city at the base of Japan ... presented its view of the railway ...