They are scenes few would associate with Japan’s highest peak: human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers – some attempting the ascent in sandals. But these ...

Just 100 kilometres south-west of Tokyo, rising between Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest ...

Our team set out for Japan's highest peak, which rises more than 12,000 feet. ABC News Coordinating Producer Christopher Godburn details his journey climbing Mount Fuji in Japan with his team after ...

A Japanese town with breathtaking views of Mount Fuji has become so overrun with selfie-taking tourists that it is putting up a barrier to block the picturesque vista of the sacred mountain.

The peak of Japan's Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this winter on Thursday, reaching the milestone 21 ...

One of the world's most iconic peaks, Mount Fuji rises to conical perfection some 12,388 feet above Japan's Yamanashi and Shizuoka districts. On a clear day the mountain is visible from the streets of ...

Kokichi Akuzawa almost gave up during his trek to become the oldest person to summit Mount Fuji at age 102, an achievement recognized by Guinness World Records after he reached the top in early August ...

Japan is now offering travelers a new way to enjoy the views of Mount Fuji: from a viewing deck surrounded by one of its tallest roller coasters, located in the heart of Yamanashi Prefecture’s Fuji-Q ...

FUJI-YOSHIDA, Japan - In early June, people dressed in white religious garb gathered at a shrine located at the northern foot of Mount Fuji. They belong to a Fujiko group - one of the religious ...

ATOP MOUNT FUJI, Japan — Search for “Top of Mount Fuji” on Instagram, and you will discover thousands of posts documenting the hikers who have made it here to the summit of Japan’s best-known volcano.

The words printed on the buses that drive through Kawaguchiko, a scenic town in the foothills of Japan’s tallest and most sacred mountain, were as reassuring as they were disconcerting: “Preserve the ...