Fuji Volcano in Japan

Mount Fuji 

Mount Fuji when sunrise at Lake Kawaguchi
height 3.776 m (12,388 ft)
Stand 3.776 m (12,388 ft)
position of the 35th highest peak in Japan List
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Mount Fuji
chubu region, Honshu, Japan
coordinates 35 ° 21'28 .8 "N 138 ° 43'51 .6 "E
coordinates: 35 ° 21'28 .8" N 138 ° 43'51 .6 "E
Topo map geospatial information 25000:1  Authority  50000:1
geological type stratovolcano
the last eruption of 1707-08  First ascent climbing 663 by a monk with no name Hiking easiest way Mount Fuji (Fuji-san , IPA:  is the highest mountain in Japan on Honshu Island, located in 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft)  An active stratovolcano  ago. erupted in 1707-08,
Mount Fuji is located about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on the day bright. cone of Mount Fuji is very symmetrical snow-capped several months a year, is a famous symbol of Japan and is often depicted in art and photographs, and visited by tourists and climbers. This is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" Along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku.

Etymology
The current Kanji for Mount Fuji, 富 and 士, meaning "wealth" or "abundant" and "a man with a certain status" respectively. However, this character ateji, which means that the character was chosen because pengucapannya according to the syllable of the name but do not carry meaning in relation to the mountain. The origin of the name Fuji is unclear. A text of the 10th century Tale of the Bamboo Cutter says that the name comes from the "eternal" (不死 Fushi, Fuji?) And also from the abundant imagery (富 fu?) Military (士 shi, ji?) Climbing the slopes. An initial public etymology claims that Fuji came from 不二 (not two), meaning without equal or nonpareil. Others claimed that it originated from 不尽 (not to throw away), meaning neverending.

A Japanese classical scholar in Edo, Hirata Atsutane speculation that the name from the word meaning "beautiful mountain, which stands as the ear (ho) of rice crops." Bob Chiggleson a British missionary (1854-1944) felt that the name of the Ainu word for "fire" (Fuchi) of the fire deity (Kamui Fuchi), which was opposed by members of the Japanese language Kyosuke Kindaichi (1882-1971) on the basis of phonetic development (voice changes). It also shows that Huchi means "old woman" and apes are said to "fire", monkeys Huchi kamuy becomes a god of fire. A study on the distribution of place names that include Fuji as part also shows the origin of said non-Yamato Fuji Ainu language. A Japanese Kanji Kagami toponymist opinion that the name has the same root as "wisteria" (Fuji) and "rainbow" (niji, but with an alternative word Fuji), and came from the "good long-shaped slope" .

Variations

In English, the mountain known as Mount Fuji. Some sources refer to as "Fuji-san", "Fujiyama" or, redundantly, "Mount Fujiyama". "Fujiyama" read one of the Japanese characters used to spell the name of the mountain. Japanese speakers refer to the mountain as "Fuji-san". This "san" suffix honorifik not used with the names of the people, such as the Watanabe-san, but reading the character 山 on'yomi YAMA (meaning mountain) is used in sebatian.

In Nihon-Shiki-Shiki and perumian Kunrei, name transliterated as Huzi. Another name for Mt Fuji Japan, which has become obsolete or poetry, including the Fuji-no-YAMA (ふじ の 山, in Mount Fuji), Fuji-no-Takane (ふじ の 高嶺, in High Peak Fuji), Fuyo-ho (芙蓉峰, Lotus Peak), and Fugaku (富 岳 or 富 岳, the first character 富士, Fuji, and 岳, mountains).

Geography

Mount Fuji is typical of Japanese geography. It stands 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft) high and located near the Pacific coast in central Honshu, west of Tokyo. This cross boundary Shizuoka and Yamanashi. Three small towns around it: Gotemba in the south, Fujiyoshida in the north, and Fujinomiya to the southwest. It is also surrounded by five lakes: Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Sai, Lake Shoji and Lake Motosu. They, and nearby Lake Ashi, provide excellent views of the mountain .. This mountain is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. This can be seen further away from the Yokohama, Tokyo, and sometimes as far as Chiba, Saitama, and Lake Hamana when the sky was clear.