Mount Fuji

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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.[1] The volcano stands on the border between Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture. It is on a tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[2]

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[change] Active volcano

Mount Fuji is officially classified as an active volcano;[3] but some describe Fuji as dormant or inactive.[4]

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.[5] Cinders and ash from Fuji fell like rain in Izu province, Kai province, Sagami province, and Musashi province.[6]

[change] Shinto

The mountain is named after Fuchi, the Buddhist fire goddess.[7] The mountain is sacred in the Shinto religion, and at the bottom of the mountain where the entrance to the mountain are shrines to the goddess Konohananosakuya-hime (コノハナノサクヤヒメ）.[7]

[change] Climbing

Many people climb Mt. Fuji every year. The summer during the 25th of July to 25th of August are the official climbing season.[7] 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. It was built in 1909 and is the highest post office in Japan.[8]

[change] 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.[9]

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

  • Red Fuji by Hokusai

  • Hodogaya on the Tokaido Road by Hokusai

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

  • Mt. Fuji seen across a plain by Hiroshige

  • 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

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3D computer simulation
  1. ↑ JapanGuide.com: "Mount Fuji"; retrieved 2011-12-12.
  2. ↑ UNESCO, "Fujisan"; retrieved 2012-4-19.
  3. ↑ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Geological Survey of Japan: "Active Volcanoes in Japan"; "Mount Fuji"; retrieved 2011-12-12.
  4. ↑ Ball, Jessica. "Voices: Dead or alive ... or neither? Why a dormant volcano is not a dead one," Earth Magazine (American Geosciences Institute). September 8, 2010; retrieved 2012-6-14.
  5. ↑ Shizuoka University website: 宝永四年（1707）噴火 (Japanese); retrieved 2011-12-12.
  6. ↑ Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p.416.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 SacredDestinations.com: "Mount Fuji, Japan"; retrieved 2011-12-12.
  8. ↑ Shizuoka Prefecture website: "Mt. Fuji Trivial Fact Quiz"; retrieved 2011-12-12.
  9. ↑ "100 Landscapes of Heisei announced," Yomiuri Shimbun. May 2009; retrieved 2012-3-30.

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