Mount Fuji

富士山 fuji-san

Fuji-san, symbol and highest mountain (3,776 m) of Japan, is part of the “Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park” and located on the border of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures in central Honshû. Dormant since 1707, it is still classified by geologists as an active volcano. Its summit is a crater with a diameter of about 600-800 m and a depth of about 150 m. The recommended season for climbing Mount Fuji is between July and early September. In the north of Fuji-san are the so called fuji-go-ko (“Five Fuji Lakes”): Lake Yamanaka, Kawaguchi, Sai, Shôji and Motosu.