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


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 14:03

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2013
  • Comprises 25 components reflecting Mount Fuji's cultural and spiritual significance
  • Sacred mountain in Shinto and Buddhist traditions, believed to be the abode of deities
  • Mount Fuji stands at 3,776 metres (12,388 feet), Japan's highest peak

Fujisan, or Mount Fuji, is a stratovolcano and Japan's highest mountain, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

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