This woodblock print map of Japan’s Mt. Fuji, which can be folded to represent the mountain’s iconic conical shape, was produced by an unknown publisher sometime around 1848. Writing about the map in ...

Tokyo >> The Japan Map Center released an online guide to locations where Mount Fuji can be viewed, showing that the nation’s renowned 12,388-foot volcano can be observed from as far as 186 miles away ...

While Mt. Fuji is Japan’s highest mountain, it’s also one of the most popular destinations for hikers in Japan. So while making your way to the peak of Fuji is an experience you’re unlikely to ever ...

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So in case you haven’t heard, Mt Fuji is closed for the year. You may be wondering how Japan’s greatest example of the great outdoors can be “closed,” but the specifics are that access to all four ...

Explore the fascinating Mt. Fuji volcano, a revered active volcano in Japan with a complex eruptive history and stunning hiking opportunities. Fuji has experienced 16 eruptions since 781 A.D. - one of ...

An almost perfectly conical volcano, Mount Fuji is a familiar symbol of Japan, located 70 mi/115 km southwest of Tokyo. It is 12,388 ft/3,774 m high and beautifully snow-capped in winter. Ascendi ...

FUJIKAWAGUCHI, Japan — If you look up from the forests at the foot of Japan’s Mount Fuji, the volcano’s graceful slopes rise into the distance and peak in a nearly symmetrical, snowcapped cone. If you ...

Asia is home to some of the world’s highest mountain peaks and stunning landscapes. From China to Nepal to Japan and even here at home in the Philippines. You get to see a spectacular sunrise (or ...