Mount Fuji

Mt. fuji or (Fuji-san) is one of the best places to visit and it is well known, It is the highest mountain in Japan 3776 meters or (12,389 feet). Mount Fuji is located in Honshu Island which can be estimated around 100 kilometers away from South-West of Tokyo.

Mount Fuji can spotted from the city. But usually, it can be seen much better in the early morning or during winters. As people said Mount Fuji is an active volcano, the last erupted occur in 1708.

Of course, many Japanese and foreign tourists from all over the world love to climb Mount Fuji during Summer which estimated to over 300,000 people climbing per year. 

There is a popular Japanese proverb “A wise man will climb Mount Fuji once; a fool will climb Mount Fuji twice.” And yes!, many wise men and women wouldn’t want to miss their chance to climb a Mount Fuji.

Furthermore there are stories about suicidal in Aokigahara, the forest lies at the bottom of Mount Fuji. It also has a Japanese proverb well known as “A perfect place to die”, some estimated claim that around 100 people per year have successfully killed themselves there, this is due to very strict laws such  as society competition or strict regulation (people are not allow to punch each other in public). Other causes comes from isolation, concealed, lack of instability in working, etc.

Japanese people also believe that the beautiful goddess named Konohana Sakuyahime lives inside the mountain.