Mount Fuji

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A picture of Mount Fuji.

Mount Fuji (富士山, Fuji-san) is the highest mountain in Japan. Mount Fuji is 3776 meters high. It stands on the border between Shizuoka and Yamanashi. This mountain is an active volcano, which most recently erupted in 1708.

Mt. Fuji is very beautiful. In early autumn, it begins to snow on Mt. Fuji. Snow accumulates fully in winter. Mt. Fuji at the new year is very beautiful. The best views can be seen from Hakone or Gotemba. On a sunny day, it can be seen from Tokyo.

Many people climb Mt. Fuji every year. July and August is the official climbing season. There are three mountain-climbing routes on the Shizuoka side of Mt. Fuji. There is a post office on the top of Mt. Fuji.(It open only summer.)It`s the highest post office in Japan.

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Mt. Fuji

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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