Mt. FUJI in JAPAN
(Local Name: Fuji-san) Mount Fuji is the highest peak in the Fuji volcanic chain in central Japan and Japan's highest and most beautiful mountain. Its regular form has been celebrated since early times in poetry and painting, for example in the verses of Yamabe Akahito (8th C) and the series of woodcuts, "Views of Fuji" by Hokusai (1760-1849). The very symbol and emblem of Japan, it can be seen on clear days from as far away as Tokyo. It lies within the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
The correct Japanese name for the mountain is Fuji-san; the usual English form, Fujiyama, is not commonly used in Japan. In early times it was revered as a sacred mountain, the home of the gods, and from the 12th C Buddhist
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