THEY ARE ON opposite sides of the Earth, but both Mount Diablo and Mount Fuji have served as muses for artists for centuries. Countless works of art feature Japan’s Mount Fuji, the country’s ...

The world’s most powerful passport just got a little bit more beautiful. Japan will start issuing passports featuring art by ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai for people applying from February 4.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831). Kanagawa-oki nami-ura opens the series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (circa 1831). In it, Hokusai captures the moment a gigantic swell threatens to roll ...

This year, the MFA’s blossoming cherry trees aren’t just a welcome sign of spring—they’re an invitation to explore the amazing Japanese art and culture on view at the Museum of Fine Arts.

A Japanese town with breathtaking views of Mount Fuji has become so overrun with selfie-taking tourists that it is putting up a barrier to block the picturesque vista of the sacred mountain.

Mt Fuji, south-west of Tokyo, is Japan's highest mountain at 3,776m (12,460 ft). The volcano, which last erupted just over 300 years ago, is visible from the Japanese capital on a clear day.

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