This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

Tomioka grew into a major sericulture center that put Japan on the map as a global silk producer. Mount Asama, on Gunma’s border with Nagano Prefecture, is Honshū’s most active volcano.

Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese island of Honshu ... Other famed peaks and mountain ranges, such as Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and the Andes mountains in South America ...

By Yan Zhuang and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo. Mount Fuji looms large as Japan’s tallest mountain and one of its most enduring national symbols. Its snowy peak has inspired ...