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Mt Fuji climbers will now be refused entry if they don’t wear proper clothing

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2025
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Rangers given new powers to deny entry to those who come ill-prepared. 

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• (Fuji • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

We both do and do not recommend hiking to Tokyo’s beautiful mountain beer garden in midsummer

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2025

The experience isn’t all mountain views and cold drinks.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • alcohol • all you can drink • beautiful • beer • COK • drinks • food • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Takao • nature • outdoors • restaurants • SNJO • Takao • tourism • travel)

Two Americans decide to hike Mt. Fuji before trails open, both need rescues on back-to-back days

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2025

In separate instances, man in sandals and woman who’d never been to Mt. Fuji before both require emergency assistance to get off Japan’s tallest mountain.

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• (COK • hiking • Mountains • Mt Fuji hiking • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji trails • outdoors • rescue)

We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2025

Seiji’s stroll in Okutama takes a dark turn.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • creepy • funny • Mountains • Nippara • Nippara cave • Nippara Limestone Cave • Okutama • outdoors • scary • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • travel)

How to climb Mt. Fuji in 2025

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2025

All of Mt. Fuji’s four hiking trails are now open, and all of them have new rules this year.

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• (Fuji • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

Japan’s top 10 travel experiences in the sky【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2025

High praise for these destinations and activities high above the ground.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • bridges • cable cars • COK • Jalan • Japan travel • Mountains • observation decks • observation floors • outdoors • ropeways • survey • tourism • travel)

British couple in shorts, T-shirt call for rescue from Japanese mountain, say it’s too cold for them to move

• Casey Baseel
  May 16, 2025

Once again, foreign nationals need help after taking the risks of mountain hiking too lightly.

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• (hiking • Hokkaido • Mountains • nature • outdoors • rescue)

Angry Japanese mayor wants off-season Mt. Fuji hikers to pay costs of their rescue operations

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2025

“They are taking Mt. Fuji too lightly.”

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• Japan
• (COK • Fujinomiya • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • rescue • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • society)

Welcome to Japan’s smallest natural mountain, where you get a climbing certificate at the summit

• Oona McGee
  May 8, 2025

A unique place to get a shrine stamp that tourists are yet to discover.

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• Japan
• (cool • mountain • mountain climbing • Mountains • nature • SNJO • Tokushima • tourist site • travel • unique)

Hiker needs to be rescued from Mt. Fuji twice in five days for very dumb reason

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2025

After helicopter evacuation, college student returns to pick up something he left behind, gets himself stuck again.

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

Mt. Fuji climbing reservation website is now open, and here’s how to reserve your spot

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2025

Reservations and per-person hiking fees are now mandatory for the Yoshida Trail.

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• (hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji trails • nature • outdoors • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

Gacha Toilets aim to offer Japanese mountain climbers relief and trinkets

• Master Blaster
  Apr 5, 2025

I gacha toilet right ‘ere, pal!

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • clever • COK • gacha machines • Gatcha Toilet • hiking • Mountains • nature • outdoors • porta-potties • Toilets)

Flying dango: Unique tourist site where Japanese sweets are flown to you over a gorge

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2024

A touching memory that’ll last a lifetime. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • Cuckoo Dango • dango • Flying Dango • Hana Yori Dango • Iwate • Japanese sweets • Mountains • nature • off the beaten path • outdoors • SNJO • sweets • tourist sites • travel • unique • unusual • weird)

A trip to see the breathtaking mountain beauty of Nagano’s Kamikochi【Part 2】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2024

The second day of a gorgeous getaway from the concrete jungle of Tokyo.

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• (beautiful • COK • hiking • hotels • Kamikochi • Mountains • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • nature • outdoors • SNJO • travel)

A trip to see the breathtaking mountain beauty of Nagano’s Kamikochi【Part 1】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 6, 2024

Getting there can be a little complex, but it’s all worth it once you see the views.

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• (beautiful • COK • hiking • hotels • Kamikochi • Mountains • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • nature • outdoors • SNJO • travel)

Right now is the peak time to go to Tokyo’s most-beautiful-view beer garden【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2024

Part-way to the peak of Mt. Takao is an unforgettable beer garden experience.

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• (all you can drink • alochol • beer • COK • drinks • food • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Takao • nature • outdoors • restaurants • SNJO • Takao • tourism • travel)

Fourth dead body found on Mt. Fuji in less than one week from climbing season start

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 16, 2024

In less than a week, Shizuoka has seen double the amount of deaths than it has in any entire climbing season in the past five years.

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• Japan
• (COK • hiking • mountain climbing • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors)

Three people die on Mt. Fuji less than 24 hours after official start of climbing season

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2024

Shizuoka opened its trails on Wednesday, and three bodies were found by the next morning.

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• (COK • hiking • mountain climbing • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors)

Three dead bodies found near summit of Mt. Fuji

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2024

Search and rescue team goes looking for missing hiker, brings back three bodies.

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• Japan
• (COK • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji climbing season • Mt. Fuji hiking season • nature • outdoors)

Mysterious mountain restaurant in Japan whisks us away to another world

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023

Hidden gem wows us with its atmospheric setting, and its amazing food.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • countryside • Egawa Tasuku • food • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Mountains • Nagasaki • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • somen • tempura • tourism • travel • weird • wow)

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