Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji is Japan's highest mountain and an active volcano, revered for centuries as a sacred site and celebrated as an enduring symbol of Japanese culture and art.
Standing at 12,389 feet, Mount Fuji's last eruption occurred in 1707, and the volcano is considered dormant rather than extinct, monitored closely by Japanese scientists for signs of renewed activity.
The mountain has long held religious significance in both Shinto and Buddhist traditions, and pilgrims have climbed it for centuries as a spiritual practice, with the climbing season now drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
Mount Fuji's symmetrical cone has inspired countless works of Japanese art, most famously Katsushika Hokusai's woodblock print series, and it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013 as a site of cultural significance.