Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest mountain in Japan with a height above 12,000 ft. In June 2013, it has been included as a UNESCO World Heritage site as a “cultural” rather than a “natural” heritage site. The mountain is exceptionally symmetrical supervolcano which last erupted in 1707-08. Located 100 kilometers from Tokyo and is one of the well known symbols of Japan, depicted frequently in Japan related travel promotions.
Originally written on
September 18, 2014
and last modified on
January 19, 2018.