Beginning May 20, those planning to hike the Yoshida Trail at Mount Fuji between July 1 and ... through a gate at the Yoshida Trail’s fifth station entrance between 4 p.m. and 3 a.m. Hikers ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by ...

SHIZUOKA--Along with registering to climb three trails to Mount Fuji's summit from Shizuoka ... Staff will stop unregistered climbers at Fuji's fifth station. But those climbers will still be ...

About 80% of respondents to a survey of Mount Fuji climbers approved of entry restrictions on the Yoshida Trail implemented ･ ...

resulting in him being brought back to the 5th station on a stretcher. Due to the risk of death or injury from harsh conditions on Mount Fuji, climbers are discouraged from hiking outside of the ...

Fuji Climbing, a website dedicated to the summit ... take a break for about 1 to 2 hours near Mount Fuji's 5th station, and drink water frequently. This story has been updated to correct ...

The reservation system is aimed at reducing congestion and preventing people from climbing ... have set up gates at the fifth stations of all four trails on Mount Fuji, as a measure to ease ...

A Japanese city at the foot of Mount Fuji has remodeled a cabin along a mountain trail as part of its new project to ...

Park rangers on the country’s sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year’s climbing season about 90 ... officials opened a newly installed gate at a station placed just over halfway ...

A local mayor is so frustrated by climbers needing rescues during Mount Fuji's off-season that he suggested they pay for ...

It also closed the fifth station to hikers between 4 p.m. and 3 a.m., except for those staying at mountain lodges and those descending. The online survey was carried out by the Mount Fuji Yoshida ...