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A picture of Mount Fuji.

Mount Fuji (富士山, Fuji-san) is the tallest mountain in Japan, at 3,776 metres (12,388 ft) high. It is also a volcano. It is on the border between Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture. Mount Fuji is a famous cultural icon of Japan, as a lot of people have painted it and taken photographs of it. It became the 13th UNESCO World Heritage Site in Japan on June 22, 2013. The last time it erupted was from 1707 to 1708.

Active volcano

Mount Fuji is officially classified as an active volcano, but some describe Fuji as dormant or inactive.

The last major event was the Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji which started on December 16, 1707 (Hōei 4, 23rd day of the 11th month) and ended about January 1, 1708 (Hōei 4, 9th day of the 12th month) during the Edo period. Cinders and ash from Fuji fell like rain in Izu Province, Kai Province, Sagami Province, and Musashi Province.

Shinto

The mountain is thought to be named after Fuchi, the Buddhist fire goddess. The mountain is sacred in the Shinto religion and at the bottom of the mountain are shrines to the goddess Konohananosakuya-hime (コノハナノサクヤヒメ）).

Climbing

Many people climb Mt. Fuji every year. The official climbing season is in the summer: July 25 to August 25. There are three mountain-climbing routes on the Shizuoka side of Mt. Fuji. There is a post office on the top of Mt. Fuji which is open only in summer. The post office was built in 1909 and is the highest post office in Japan.

Mountain in art

In 2009, Mount Fuji was recognized as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan which best show contemporary Japan and its culture in the Heisei period.

  • The Great Wave off Kanagawa

    The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1832), from 36 Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai

  • Hokusai-fuji7

    Red Fuji by Hokusai

  • Hodogaya on the Tokaido

    Hodogaya on the Tokaido Road by Hokusai

  • Hiroshige Mt fuji 2

    The sea off Satta, Suruga (Suruga Satta no Kaijō) by Hiroshige (1859)

  • Hiroshige Mt Fuji seen across a plain

    Mt. Fuji seen across a plain by Hiroshige

  • Hiroshige, Sugura street

    Surugacho (Suruga Street) (1856), from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Hiroshige, depicting the Echigoya kimono and money exchange store with Mount Fuji in background

Related pages

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  • Nippon Archives, Nippon Archives - The history of Mount Fuji
  • Japan-guide.com, Mount Fuji

Images for kids

  • 「富嶽三十六景 凱風快晴」-South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) MET DP141062

    Fine Wind, Clear Morning woodblock print by Hokusai, 19th century

  • Mount Fuji from Omiya by Kusakabe Kimbei c1890

    Mount Fuji from Omiya, c. 1890

  • Geologycal cross-section of Fuji

    Geological cross-section of Fuji volcano. Key: N2 = Tertiary sedimentary rocks; αN2 = Tertiary volcanic rocks; αQ1 = Komitake volcano; α-δQ1 = Ashitaka volcano; βQ2 = Older Fuji volcano; αβQ2 = Younger Fuji volcano.

  • Hasshinpo of Mt.Fuji 40

    Crater with the Eight Sacred Peaks (Hasshin-po)

  • Mount Ashiwada and Mount Fuji

    Aokigahara forest with Mount Fujii and Mount Ashiwada

  • Fuji in the Mountains of Taisekiji LACMA M.2006.136.141a-b

    A view of Mount Fuji from the Taisekiji temple as depicted by the woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai. The one hundred views of Mount Fuji. From the Elizabeth Joan Tanney estate, c. 1834.

  • Fuji illustration

    Historical illustration of the routes to Mount Fuji

  • Torii near the summit of mount Fuji 2015

    Torii near the summit

  • Mt Fuji Summit

    Hikers climbing Mount Fuji

  • Outer shrine of Fujisan Hongu SengenTaisha (富士山本宮浅間大社) - panoramio

    Outer shrine of Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha

  • Mt Fuji NASA ISS002-E-6971 large

    Fuji in early summer seen from the International Space Station (May 2001)

  • Mount Fuji from space (shuttle mission)

    View from space from the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia mission (2003)

  • Persimmon drying in Fujinomiya,Shizuoka,Japan(吊るし柿白糸の滝下流) DSCF0017

    Fuji with persimmon-drying in autumn

  • New and Old Rokuman-Tō of Taiseki-ji

    Mount Fuji in the background of Taisekiji temple

  • Lake Motosu04

    Mount Fuji from Lake Motosu which became the model of the thousand yen bill and the old five thousand yen bill

  • Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January

    Mount Fuji as viewed across the Tokyo skyline in Shinjuku

  • Dodonpa rollercoaster 2005-05

    View of Mount Fuji from the Fuji-Q Highland theme park

  • Mount Fuji from Jurigi Plateau

    Mount Fuji seen from Jurigi Plateau in Susono, Shizuoka

  • Mount Fuji from Mount Ogochi 2000-10-22

    Lenticular cloud over Mount Fuji seen from Mount Ogochi

  • Mount Fuji from Mount Kita s1

    Silhouette of Mount Fuji seen from Mount Kita

  • Lake Fuji Japan with mountains, lakes and kayaks in the foreground

    Mount Fuji panorama

  • Mount Fuji from Tenjoyama Park

    A view of Mount Fuji from Tenjoyama Park, overlooking Kawaguchiko

  • Fujikaiyu e353

    Fuji Excursion

  • USS New Mexico (BB-40) anchored in Tokyo Bay, circa in late August 1945 (NH 50232)

    The battleship USS New Mexico anchored in Tokyo Bay with Mount Fuji in the background, August 1945

See also

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