But like other hotspots worldwide such as Venice in Italy or Maya Bay in Thailand, this is not universally welcome, ...

Authorities in Kyoto on Tuesday announced plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles ...

Residents in Kyoto have complained of disrespectful tourists harassing the geisha like paparazzi in their frenzy for photos, ...

The popular travel destination of Kyoto in Japan is significantly raising accommodation tax in an attempt to curb overtourism ...

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

Yamanashi Prefecture, which introduced tolls on Japan's Mount Fuji hiking trails this summer, plans to double the fare from ...

Authorities in Kyoto announced today plans for a big hike in hotel lodging taxes, as Japan’s picture-perfect ancient capital ...

A central Japan city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost more than a month’s worth of winter days per year in the past decade due to global warming, a recent study by a US-based climate research ...

Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present ... In a study published in Environmental Chemistry Letters, scientists climbed Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama to collect water from ...

Available for ¥500 (£2.53), ramen lovers can now grab a can of hot, ready-to-eat soy sauce ramen complete with wheat noodles, ...

But another view reveals the site of Mount Fuji’s last confirmed eruption, which began on December 16, 1707, during Japan’s Hoei era. The image of a tranquil Fuji became enshrined in ...

Toyota Motor plans to move in the first 100 residents of a futuristic city at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan by as soon as this fall. The initial residents of Woven City will be composed mostly ...