🗻 Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
Mount Fuji and its cultural landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2013
- Comprises 25 components including Mount Fuji's summit, shrines, temples, and the Fuji Five Lakes
- Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 metres (12,388 feet)
- Sacred in Shinto and Buddhist traditions; pilgrimage destination for centuries
Mount Fuji, known as Fujisan in Japanese, is a stratovolcano and Japan's most iconic natural and cultural symbol ...