Fuji

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Highest Mt. in Japan Located 3 small cities surround Symbol of Japan Visited

High 12,388 ft Surround by 5 lakes

Sen-Komitake Low risk eruption Located at the point where 3 plates meet

Fuji-san is referred to Fuji Yama 山 means mountain Fuji may be spelled Huzi Other names  Ex.

ふじの山 , ふじの高嶺 , 芙蓉峰 , 富岳 or 富嶽

富 means wealth or abundant 士 means a man status respective

不 二 (not + two) 不 尽 (not + exhaust) Ainu = fire Huchi = old woman The origin of the name Fuji is unclear

The first ascent by an anonymous monk  Sacred  Not allowed women  Meiji Era The first ascent by Sir Rutherford Alcock  Tourist destination  Mountain climbling

Volcanic cone Subject of Japanese arts  Ex.

Ukiyo-e painter Hokusai’s masterpiece

Subject of poems

Houses a warrior tradition  In the past = samurai  Now = the Japan Self-Defence Forces and the United States Marine corps

Most popular period to hike up

Four major routes from the fifth station station to the summit 

Most popular route

Four routes from the foot to the fifth station 

The oldest route

30% are foreigners Eight peaks around the crater

It is a forest at the beach of the mountain Very popular myth Ex. - The caverns in Aokigahara contain ice even during summer. - Top suicide area

The closet major airports  Tokyo

International Airport in Tokyo  Narita International Airport in Chiba

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport will complete in 2009 

80 km from Mt. Fuji