Download Mount Fuji Inform History Pictures. Mount fuji—japan's highest mountain conjured up and immortalized in countless artworks such as hokusai's views of mt. It is on the border between shizuoka prefecture and yamanashi prefecture.
Mount fuji, with its graceful conical form, has become famous throughout the world and is considered the sacred symbol of japan.
Almost perfectly round, its symmetrical form has long been celebrated in poetry and painting. ɸɯꜜ(d)ʑisaɴ (listen)), located on the island of honshū, is the highest mountain in japan, standing 3,776.24 m (12,389.2 ft). Fuji is named for the buddhist fire goddess fuchi and is sacred to the shinto. Mount fuji is the highest mountain in japan and one of the most famous in the world.