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🗻 Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration

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🗻 Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
Mount Fuji and its cultural landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 05:55

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • 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 ...

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