You can climb to the summit during the official climbing season (July and August). The climbing on average takes from 8 to 10 hours for ascending, and 6 to 8 hours for descending.
At the 5th stations there are some shops that you can buy souvenirs.
Many people had lost there lives over starvation because all the farmlands had been buried!
Mount Fuji is a beautiful snow capped mountain in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Japan.
I'm almost sure it was July 31, 1707 read that somewhere on Google :/
Mount Fuji is classified as an active volcano that last erupted in 1707-08.
Not by much.
Its occasional explosions may have caused some damage, but does not hold much significance in history of Japan.
Although there are signs of explosions that could occur in future, the Japanese government is quite used to disasters due to so many earthquakes destroying even one of the biggest cities in Japan. Although it is a different type of disaster, I'm quite confident that the Japanese officials will figure out a way to reduce the damage.
The mountain is currently one of the top symbols of Japan, but that is not because it's a special mountain, but rather because of the spiritual significance the ancient Japanese have given themselves.
It is a good choice for leisure activities that involves mountains, certainly not the best though.
Mount Fuji may be a landmark, but the mountain as it self has done pretty much nothing for nor against Japan.
Mount Fuji is a strato (composite)volcano, a shield volcano is a flatter dome shape like Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii.
composed of many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash. These volcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions. The lava that flows from them is viscous, and cools and hardens before spreading very far, which the volcano tends to grow more upword than outword like precicly Mt Fuji.
Although stratovolcanoes are sometimes called composite volcanoes, volcanologists prefer to use the term stratovolcano to distinguish among volcanoes because all volcanoes of any size have a composite (layered) structure --- they are built up from sequential outpourings of eruptive materials.
Not sure... but my last eruption lasted about 10 seconds.
Mt. Fuji has been the home to many things. It has been known as the home of a fire god, the Shinto goddess of flowing trees, and since Buddhist times the dwelling of Dainichi Nyorai, who was the Buddha of All-Illuminating Wisdom. One of the deities of Mt. Fuji is known as Sengen, the goddess of Fuji. She is also known as Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime ("Radiant-blooming-as-the-flowers-of-the-trees") on the summit of Mt. Fuji is her temple. She was said to in ancient times sit on a cloud while her invisible servants threw in any pilgrims who were not pure of heart. Another deity of Fuji was the Luminous Maiden. She was said to have led a certain emperor to his doom. He is still worshipped at the small shrine marking where he vanished.
mount fuji is in japan and vosges is in europe that is only the difference in them
Mount Fuji is a greatly revered mountain in Japan. Using the 'san' honorific in Fuji-san is a way of showing respect, the same way as if you were addressing a person politely in Japanese speech.
Mt Fuji is a whopping huge mountain. All it takes for it to be discovered is a human within visible range looking in the right direction.
It is thought that the first ascent was in 663 AD by an anonymous monk.