“Convenience store Mount Fuji” is one of the candidates for this year’s “Buzzword of the Year." Reflecting on the national attention the black sheet focused on his town, Watanabe ...

Prospective hikers to the Japanese tourist site will have to take a class about hiking safety and local rules.

but that failed to stop tourists jaywalking on busy roads or trespassing onto private property in the hunt for the best angle to shoot Mt. Fuji. On May 21, they completed construction of a black ...

Fujikawaguchiko got so fed up with tourist crowds that they built a huge fence blocking the view they were coming for - Mount ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—A large black plastic sheet was installed in front of a Lawson convenience store here to block views of Mount Fuji and prevent ill-mannered tourists from ...