Monday, August 25, 2008

Mount Fuji, Japan

Mount Fuji, Japan


Mount Fuji (Fujisan) is with 3776 meters Japan's highest mountain. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been worshipped as a sacred mountain and experienced big popularity among artists and common people.

Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano, which most recently erupted in 1708. It stands on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and can be seen from Tokyo and Yokohama onclear days.
Mount Fuji on a clear spring day,
Mount Fuji, Japan
Originally uploaded by Samurai Shiatsu