Visitors will notice when they step off the train that the air is also pure and clean – a stark difference from the big city.

Mt. Yarigatake is a true superstar among Japan's mountains! Its sharp, imposing peak inspires a deep desire to reach the summit, and once you stand on top, the sense of achievement is unmatched.

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest ...

After retiring from competitions, in 2003 he left his mark with Flat Mountain in Japan, making an early first ascent of a 9a+ sports climb therefore that even today is considered one of the hardest in ...

Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 ...

The volcano—a 12,388-foot-high peak—is considered one of the three sacred mountains in Japan and an important pilgrimage site. Now, after an unusually hot summer in the country, the lingering warm ...

While some hard-core mountaineers have climbed the highest mountain in each of Japan’s 47 prefectures, no one else has gone about it quite like this. Hiroaki Futagami, 51, decided to climb the ...

The first snowfall on Mount Fuji, a Unesco World Heritage site, could be seen from the south-western side of the mountain, according to the Shizuoka branch of the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Accompanied by mountain guides, Japan-based writer Ally Hongo walks the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in search of deeper discoveries in the Japanese philosophy of mindfulness and self-discovery.

ISLAMABAD--A Japanese mountaineer died and another was injured when apparent rocks hit them while they were trying to climb a never-scaled mountain in ... hit” and had a big injury from what ...