Mount Fuji, the tallest peak in Japan with a height of 3,776 meters (12,389 feet), is an active stratovolcano that last ...

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

One of the most iconic active volcanoes in the ... the first snowfall on Mount Fuji every year -- a marker that winter has ...

Climbers will be urged to leave Mount Fuji immediately ... the mountain when the Japan Meteorological Agency issues an alert indicating non-threatening but unusual volcanic activity.

It coincides with the day Japan’s first volcano observatory was set up in 1911 on Mount Asamayama, which straddles Gunma and Nagano prefectures. The Sekotsuji district of Fuji in Shizuoka ...

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including, it's sometimes forgotten, the nation's largest active volcano. The last eruption was more than three centuries ago, but with every passing year ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency started its meetings to establish ashfall alerts and forecasts in preparation for a ...

A big black barrier is to be erected to obscure views of Mount Fuji ... with Japan's most famous landmark rising behind it. The juxtaposition of the soaring volcano and the banal sight of one ...

Mount Fuji is one of the iconic symbols of Japan, a source of inspiration for artists for centuries and a can't-miss destination for modern-day tourists. It is also an active volcano. Last week ...

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

The weak yen has bolstered the appeal of the ‘bucket list’ destination despite overcrowding complaints in hotspots like Kyoto ...