SHIZUOKA, Japan -- Shizuoka prefecture, south of Tokyo, is promoting tour packages for wealthy golfers from abroad. A major ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s most popular attractions ... is struggling to balance tourism with preservation. In response, Shizuoka Prefecture is considering implementing mandatory entrance ...

Fuji is soaring. But experts say only highly skilled and well-prepared hikers should attempt to scale Japan's iconic peak ... usually open on the mountain's Shizuoka side around July 10, and ...

The aim is to alleviate congestion atop Japan's tallest peak and warn ... Gotemba and Fujinomiya. Mount Fuji lies between Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. The Yamanashi side will start ...

The city of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture added 35 winter days ... the latest date since records began in 1894. 01:44 Japan's Mount Fuji snowless in October for first time in 130 years Japan's ...

A short distance south of Tokyo, Shizuoka Prefecture is earning a reputation as a luxury destination for those in search of ...

Last year, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those heading up the symbol of Japan. Now Shizuoka, the other prefecture ...

central Japan, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The snowcap was 36 days later than average and the latest ...

Climate change is already impacting Japan, leading to an increase ... average daytime temperature in Fuji, a city near Mt. Fuji in eastern Shizuoka province, has risen above freezing.

Thus, the company is striving to promote the tour both in Japan and overseas as a means of creating a ... (meaning "craftsmanship inn") in Sunpu (an old name for central Shizuoka) to experience ...