28+ Mount Fuji Eruption Type PNG. The last major eruption of mount fuji, the hōei eruption, occurred between 16th december 1707 to 1st january 1708. Its elegant symmetry, spreading outward like a hand fan from summit the mountain is now referred to as the shinfuji (new fuji) volcano.
While the last time mount fuji erupted was in 1707, the towering giant is still an active volcano.
Mount fuji, uncover the mystery behind this iconic mountain. Since the previous eruption more than 300 years ago, the volcano occasionally goes through periods of activity that can produce several hundred tremors a month, reported reuters. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been worshiped as a sacred mountain and experienced big popularity among artists and common people throughout the centuries. Almost perfectly round, its symmetrical form has long been celebrated in poetry and painting.