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Mount
Fuji is the highest mountain in
Japan at 3,776 m (12,388 ft). Along
with Mount Tate and Mount Haku, it
is one of Japan's "Three Holy
Mountains". An active stratovolcano
that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount
Fuji is just west of Tokyo, and can
be seen from there on a clear day.
Mount Fuji's exceptionally
symmetrical cone is a well-known
symbol of Japan and it is frequently
depicted in art and photographs, as
well as visited by sightseers and
climbers.
Mount
Fuji is a distinctive feature of the
geography of Japan. It stands 3,776
m (12,388 ft) high and is located
near the Pacific coast of central
Honshū, just west of Tokyo. It
straddles the boundary of Shizuoka
and Yamanashi prefectures. Three
small cities surround it: Gotemba to
the south, Fujiyoshida to the north,
and Fujinomiya to the southwest. It
is also surrounded by five lakes:
Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake
Sai, Lake Motosu and Lake Shoji.
They, and nearby Lake Ashi, provide
excellent views of the mountain. The
mountain is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu
National Park. It can be seen more
distantly from Yokohama, Tokyo, and
sometimes as far as Chiba, Saitama,
and Lake Hamana when the sky is
clear.
The
temperature is very low at the high
altitude, and the cone is covered by
snow for several months of the year.
The lowest recorded temperature is
−38.0 °C, and the highest
temperature was 17.8 °C recorded in
June 2008. Mount Fuji is located at
the triple junction where the
Amurian Plate, the Okhotsk Plate,
and the Philippine Sea Plate meet.
Those plates form the western part
of Japan, the eastern part of Japan,
and the Izu Peninsula respectively.
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