Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a bus and a tram, a local governor said Monday. The number of ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering ... which connects the foot of Japan’s tallest mountain and its fifth station.

Enter the Japan Rail Pass. This pass for foreign visitors ... we also took a day trip to Hakone in hopes of seeing Mount Fuji ...

Mount Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka ... connect to a magnetic levitation rail system planned by Central Japan Railway in the 2030s, the person said. Yamanashi prefecture declined ...

"There is no other mountain in Japan that attracts that many people in the span of just over two months. So some restrictions are necessary to ensure their safety." Mount Fuji is covered in snow ...

JR East's "HIGH RAIL 1375" runs through the scenic highlands which offers views of the starry sky at night. 02:36 In Yamanashi Prefecture, Fuji-Sanroku Railway's "Fujisan View Express" features ...

Passenger numbers for local railway lines across Japan continue to fall as the population ... And in "Tourist Trains in Style" see FUJI-SANROKU RAILWAY's "FUJISAN VIEW EXPRESS," which runs on ...

Last year, Japan started collecting entry fees of ¥2,000 (£10) per head from people climbing the famous volcano to limit the number of trekkers to Mount Fuji. A gate was installed at the ...