FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—The construction of a gate at the fifth station of Mount Fuji was completed on June 17, two weeks ahead of its use to stop crowds and unsafe climbing of Japan's ...

A tour conductor holds a flag at Mount Fuji 5th station as the summit is seen in the background in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan, on 19 June 2024 (EPA) ...

A 75-year-old man died Friday while climbing Mt. Fuji on a tour, the season’s first fatality to occur on the Yamanashi ...

Mount Fuji is divided into 10 stations, and there are four "5th stations" halfway up the mountain from where the Yoshida, Fujinomiya, Subashiri, and Gotemba trails start to the top.

Mount Fuji is divided into 10 stations, and there are four “5th stations” halfway up the mountain from where the Yoshida, Fujinomiya, Subashiri, and Gotemba trails start to the top.

It is the season’s first fatality to occur on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the mountain. Read more at straitstimes.com.

One way of easing the human impact on Mt. Fuji that the local city of Fuji-Yoshida has been advocating, without much traction, is for hikers to start not at the 5th Station, but from the very foot ...

Mt. Fuji is divided into 10 stations, and there are four “5th stations” halfway up the mountain from where the four trails — the Yoshida, Fujinomiya, Subashiri, and Gotemba — start to the top.

Mount Fuji is divided into 10 stations, and there are four “5th stations” halfway up the mountain from where the Yoshida, Fujinomiya, Subashiri, and Gotemba trails start to the top.