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Snow-capped Mount Fuji rises above a layer of mist, with a bridge and calm water in the foreground under a pink and blue sky in Japan. Mount Fuji Mount Fuji Honshu, Japan
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Mount Fuji The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai shows a towering blue wave threatening boats, with Mount Fuji visible in the background. Mount Fuji Neatly planted rows of green tea bushes stretch across rolling fields with Mount Fuji, capped with snow, rising in the background in Japan. Tourists take photos of a motorcyclist in front of a Lawson convenience store with Mount Fuji visible in the background at Lake Kawaguchiko, Japan.
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Modified title of Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration. Jun 08, 2026
Media added. Apr 24, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. Apr 08, 2026
Questions and answers added. Feb 21, 2025
Media added. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History - Global Volcanism Program - Fujisan. Jan 04, 2024
Links added. Oct 27, 2023
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration. Mar 29, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Mount Fuji. Oct 06, 2022
Article revised and updated. Aug 26, 2021
Corrected display issue. Feb 11, 2021
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Mount Fuji: the Most Famous Mountain in Japan. Jan 29, 2020
Media added. Sep 11, 2019
Corrected spelling of Kengamine and Kusushidake peaks. Jan 23, 2019
Article revised and updated. Nov 04, 2013
Media added. Nov 04, 2013
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Mount Fuji, Japan. Jun 26, 2013
Added photograph. Sep 12, 2011
Geologic time data updated. Oct 06, 2009
Media added. Aug 04, 2008
Added new Web site: The Official Site of Shizuoka Prefecture. Jul 12, 2006
Article revised. Apr 15, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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