The current kanji for Mount Fuji, 富 and 士, mean "wealth" or "abundant" and "a man of status" respectively. However, the name predates kanji, and these characters are ateji, meaning that they were selected because their

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Mount Fuji is an attractive volcanic cone and a frequent subject of Japanese art especially after 1600, when Edo(now Tokyo) became the capital

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Mount Fuji is a very distinctive feature of the geography of Japan. It stands 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft) tall and is located near the Pacific coast of central

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The forest at the northwest base of the mountain is named Aokigahara. Folk tales and legends tell of ghosts, demons, Yūrei and Yōkaihaunting the forest, and in the 19th century, Aokigahara was one of many places poor families abandoned the very young and the very old.

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Transportation
The closest airport with scheduled international service is Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport. It opened in June 2009. It is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from

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Shinto mythology
In Shinto mythology, Kuninotokotachi (国之常立神 , Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami, in Kojiki)(国常立尊 , Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto, in Nihon Shoki) is one of the two gods born from "something like a reedthat arose from the soil" when the earth wa

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Mount Fuji is located at a triple junction trench where the Amurian Plate, Okhotsk Plate, and Philippine Sea Plate meet. These three plates form the western part of Japan, the eastern part of Japan, and the Izu Peninsula respectively. The Pacific Plateis

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