Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, rising to 12,388 feet.
Visible from Tokyo on a clear day, the beautiful cone-shaped mountain
is located west of the city, surrounded by lakes in a national park.
History
Mount Fuji is a volcano, which geologists estimate was created
600,000 years ago during the Pleistocene era. It last erupted in 1707
and is now dormant.
According to Buddhist tradition, Fuji rose from the earth in 286 BC
after an earthquake that also created Lake Biwa (the largest lake in Japan).