A still active stratovolcano whose last eruption was in 1707, Mount Fuji has been a site of Shinto and Buddhist worship for centuries. The number of climbers recovered to pre-pandemic levels last ...

Mt. Fuji filmed in 1949, with Shinto priests conducting a purification ceremony. Japan's highest mountain is considered a sacred place in the Shinto religion. An 8th-century collection of poems ...

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

Not really. It turns out Mount Fuji, from the eighth station upward, is privately owned. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the first ruler of the Tokugawa Shogunate, gave it to a Shinto shrine in 1606 ...

A site of pilgrimage for centuries among Buddhists, Shinto, and others, Mount Fuji is the largest peak in Japan. The last time it erupted was in the 18th century. Mount Fuji soars to an impressive ...

Mount Fuji, an iconic UNESCO World Heritage site ... Home to the renowned floating shrine torii gate, part of a historic Shinto complex dating back 1,400 years, the town has seen a surge in ...