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Both prefectures that border Japan’s tallest mountain say that hiking trails will remain closed throughout the summer, politician suggests writing haiku poems instead.

Japan
(COK • coronavirus • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • travel)

Mount Fuji plans to start charging compulsory fee to climbers

Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2020

Soon you’ll have to pay to climb Japan’s highest mountain.

Japan
(Fuji • hiking • Mount fuji • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • news • outdoor • outdoors • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Search for live-streamer who fell from Mt. Fuji finds badly damaged corpse half-mile below peak

Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2019

Live-streamer had climbed Mt. Fuji multiple times, including just one month ago.

Japan
(accident • hiking • Mt. Fuji • scary • video)

Hiker falls off Mt. Fuji while live-streaming steps from summit, rescuers yet to find him【Video】

Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2019

Last words before slipping are “This part is dangerous.”

Japan
(accident • hiking • Mt. Fuji • scary • video)

This is Japan’s second-shortest mountain, and we climbed it without realizing it【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2019

The compact peak is hidden in plain sight right in downtown Osaka.

Japan
(COK • crazy • funny • hiking • Mountains • Osaka • SNJO • travel • weird)

Human traffic jam on Mt. Fuji shows why weekdays are the best days to hike the symbol of Japan

Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2018

Mountain hiking trail looks as congested as any Tokyo-area expressway.

Japan
(crazy • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • travel)

Mount Fuji has become so congested with tourists that it has reached breaking point

Koh Ruide
Oct 25, 2017

Authorities are not sure how they can reduce climbers to less than 4,000 a day.

Japan
(crowds • hiking • Mount fuji • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • tourism • tourist • travel)

Chance to see Japan bucket-list must-see scenery “Road to Laputa” gone for good?

Richard Simmonds
Aug 29, 2017

Kumamoto Prefecture‘s stunning “Road To Laputa“, which looks like Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky come to life, may close permanently.

Japan
(anime • Castle in the Sky • COK • Hayao Miyazaki • hiking • Kumamoto • Kyushu • Laputa • movies • nature • Road to Laputa • ruins • Studio Ghibli • tourism • travel)

U.S. servicemen’s hike on Mount Fuji turns into rescue mission, netizens are awed and grateful

Meg Murphy
Jul 12, 2017

The Marine Corps members carried an ill woman for two miles to safety. Read More

Japan
(hiking • mountain climbing • Mt. Fuji • rescue)

Want onigiri? Just add water to Onisi Foods’ new rice balls!

Shannon McNaught
Jun 29, 2017

We’ve all heard of instant noodles; now it’s time for instant rice balls. Or…sort of instant.

Japan
(astronauts • emergency supplies • hiking • instant food • onigiri • Onisi • Onisi Foods • rice balls • travel)

Hike from the sea to the peak of Mt. Fuji with new bilingual English/Japanese guide map series

Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2017

New maps let you experience all 3,776 meters (12,389 feet) of Japan’s tallest mountain.

Japan
(cool • hiking • maps • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • travel)

Mr. Sato visits the mystical atmosphere of Japan’s Yabuzuka Quarry Ruins

Master Blaster
Oct 29, 2016

Our reporter ventures deep into the heartlands of Japan to find this hidden landmark.

Japan
(Gunma • hiking • Mr. Sato • outdoors • ruins • travel • Yabuzuka Quarry Ruins)

Free Wi-Fi is coming to Mt. Fuji this summer

Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2016

Service will be available on four different hiking routes to Japan’s tallest peak.

Japan
(free • hiking • internet • Mt. Fuji • nature • travel • Wi-Fi)

Sea to summit: Expat hikers trek from the Japanese coast to the peak of Mt. Fuji in awesome video

Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2015

Tell someone you climbed Mt. Fuji, and they’ll ask “Where did you start from?”, because there are paved roads that can drop as much as half-way up the mountain. Of course some say you haven’t climbed Fuji unless you started from its base, but even that wasn’t enough of a challenge for these three foreign outdoorsmen, who decided to start their hike from miles away from Fuji at the seashore, then journey from Japan’s lowest point to its highest, making this awesome video along the way.

Japan
(adventure • awesome • hiking • Mt. Fuji • nature • travel • video)

Love Japanese hot springs? At Nakadake Onsen in Hokkaido, you can dig your own!

Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2015

Two of the best ways to experience the pleasures of rural Japan are a long hike and a leisurely dip in a hot spring, or onsen, as they’re called in Japanese. With the country’s chains of volcanic mountains, there are plenty of spots where you where you can do both in the same day, with onsen resorts often not too far from where mountain trails start or end.

But instead of booking a room in an inn with a hot spring, you can do something even better in this part of Hokkaido by digging your own onsen!