Japan's Mount Fuji set to be listed in Unesco World heritage sites

May 3, 2013

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is set to categorize Japanese volcano of Mount Fuji as a World Heritage site.

  • International Council on Monuments and Sites (Icomos) had approved Mt Fuji as appropriate for registration

Key Features about Mount Fuji:

  • It is Japan’s highest peak at 12,460 feet.
  • Situated to the south-west of Tokyo and is visible from the Japanese capital.
  • Had last erupted nearly 300 years ago.
  • A symbol of Japanese spiritual worship, art and geographical orientation.

Japan currently has 16 World Heritage-listed sites – 12 of them are cultural and 4 are natural.

  • The most recent addition to the list were the Buddhism-linked gardens and temples of Hiraizumi, in year 2011.
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