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Fujisan
Fujisan (Mt. Fuji) is Japan's highest mountain. It is 3,776 meters (12,388 feet) high and located almost in the middle of Japan (on the border between Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture). Although there is no volcanic activity since 1701, it is geologically a dormant volcano (kakkazan).
It has become symbolic of Japan because of its beauty. Fujisan has a nearly perfect conical profile and wide flowing skirt. Its beauty strikes especially in winter, when its upper half is covered with snow. Fujisan is one of Japan's three sacred mountains along with Mt. Hakusan and Tateyama, and has been worshiped since ancient times.
It has been praised in many traditional Japanese poems such as tanka and haiku. Many Japanese artists have also been fascinated about it and challenged to capture it. One of the most famous is probably "Fugaku Sanjuurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji)" by the ukiyoe artist Katsushika Hokusai.
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