A confectionery store in Kofu City, central Japan has started making a good luck cake ahead of Setsubun, the last day of ...

A wildfire that broke out on Saturday in the mountains spanning Japan's Kofu City and Fuefuki City in Yamanashi prefecture ...

KOFU—The Self-Defense Forces and firefighters are trying to contain a mountain fire that started on Jan. 18 and destroyed an ...

Tourist spots near Japan's Mount Fuji are crowded with visitors from China and elsewhere ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays ...

During my years in Japan, I have climbed Mount Fuji, camped alongside her lakes and marveled at the dramatic scenery of the Kofu Basin that surrounds Yamanashi Prefecture’s capital city.

Climbing Mount Fuji will become more expensive next summer, with Yamanashi Prefecture raising the toll on the mountain’s Yoshida trail from 2,000 yen ($13) to 4,000 yen. The prefectural ...

A 7-year-old girl drowned after she fell into a river and drowned in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sunday. Police said the girl, Yuzuki Fujiki, was walking her dog with three friends along the ...

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.

Explore the outer regions of the Greater Tokyo area, where you can trade skyscrapers for stunning natural landscapes and ...

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

A wildfire that broke out on Saturday in the mountains spanning Japan Kofu City and Fuefuki City in Yamanashi prefecture remained uncontained local m ...