Aerial panorama of Mount Fuji from Lake Saiko. Japanese toponymist Kanji Kagami argued that the name has the same root as wisteria ( 藤, fuji ) and rainbow ( 虹, niji, but with an alternative reading, fuji), and came from its 'long well-shaped slope'. Research on the distribution of place names that include fuji as a part also suggest the origin of the word fuji is in the Yamato language rather than Ainu. It is also pointed out that huchi means an 'old woman' and ape is the word for 'fire', ape huchi kamuy being the fire deity. British missionary John Batchelor (1855–1944) argued that the name is from the Ainu word for 'fire' ( fuchi) of the fire deity Kamui Fuchi, which was denied by a Japanese linguist Kyōsuke Kindaichi on the grounds of phonetic development ( sound change). Hirata Atsutane, a Japanese classical scholar in the Edo period, speculated that the name is from a word meaning 'a mountain standing up shapely as an ear ( 穗, ho) of a rice plant'. Another claims that it came from 不盡 ( not + to exhaust), meaning never-ending.

An early folk etymology claims that Fuji came from 不二 ( not + two), meaning without equal or nonpareil. However, the origins of this spelling and of the name Fuji continue to be debated.Ī text of the 9th century, Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, says that the name came from 'immortal' ( 不死, fushi, fuji ) and also from the image of abundant ( 富, fu) soldiers ( 士, shi, ji ) ascending the slopes of the mountain. The current kanji for Mount Fuji, 富 and 士, mean 'wealth' or 'abundant' and 'man of status' respectively.

Etymology įurther information: wikt:富士 § Etymology 3 These 25 locations include the mountain and the Shinto shrine, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha. UNESCO recognizes 25 sites of cultural interest within the Mount Fuji locality. According to UNESCO, Mount Fuji has 'inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries'. It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013. It is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Historic Sites. Mount Fuji is one of Japan's ' Three Holy Mountains' ( 三霊山, Sanreizan) along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is covered in snow for about five months of the year, is commonly used as a cultural icon of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photography, as well as visited by sightseers, hikers and mountain climbers. The mountain is located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Tokyo and is visible from there on clear days. Mount Fuji last erupted from 1707 to 1708. It is the tallest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest peak of an island on Earth. Mount Fuji ( 富士山, Fujisan, Japanese: ( listen)), located on the island of Honshū, is an active stratovolcano in Japan, with a summit elevation of 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft 3 in).

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