In Shizuoka, Japan, commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation to draw more visitors and help revitalise the city’s economy.

SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- An initiative known as "Birupaku" is transforming vacant commercial spaces into guest accommodations in ...

Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an icon of Japan, has put new regulations ... Fuji is also located in Shizuoka prefecture, which has not yet implemented any taxes or visitor limits.

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 ...

Fuji City Hall in Shizuoka shared images of the snow ... Snow usually dusts the summit of Japan’s tallest mountain by early ...

Mt Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures in eastern Japan, has always been popular with local and overseas tourists. But a recent surge in inbound tourists to Japan has led to ...

Hikers at Mount Fuji’s fifth station or higher will be instructed to descend from the mountain when the Japan Meteorological Agency issues an alert indicating non-threatening but unusual ...

Fuji to scale Japan’s highest peak. But this year, the mountain will be closed as the country struggles to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The state of emergency in Shizuoka and Yamanashi ...

SUSONO, Japan — Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to ... square at the center of the ...

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 ...