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Mount Fuji as seen from the air and from the window of a bullet train, 2014 Fuji in early summer seen from the International Space Station (May 2001) Mount Fuji is a very distinctive feature of the geography of Japan. It stands 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft) tall and is located near the Pacific coast of central Honshu, just southwest of Tokyo.
Nagahama Castle form the sea. Nagahama Castle (長浜城, Nagahama-jō) was a Sengoku period flatland-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Numazu, Shizuoka prefecture. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1988, with the area under protection extended in 2002. [1]
The area is also popular for sea bathing, surfing, golfing and motorcycle touring. The peninsula abuts Mount Fuji and is a part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. The southwest coast of Izu, from the municipalities of Matsuzaki, Nishiizu and Minamiizu was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1937. [1]
FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (Reuters) - Officials in a Japanese town are erecting a 2.5-meter (8.2 ft) high barrier to block a view of Mount Fuji and obstruct a photo spot that has been attracting so ...
James May: Our Man in... is a travel documentary television series hosted by James May and released via Amazon Prime Video.Each series follows May as he travels a country and undergoes various local activities.
Yet another theory is that the name Iwaki is an archaic way of saying "stone castle" 石の城 (ishi no shiro). [4] In addition to being called Mount Iwaki, the mountain is also widely nicknamed "Tsugaru Fuji" (津軽富士), [5] and less frequently "Okufuji" (奥富士, Northern Fuji), [6] due its conical shape that bears similarity to Mount Fuji.
Mount Fuji (富士山), Mount Haku (白山) (The White Mountain) known for its UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shirakawa-gō 白川郷, and; Mount Tate (立山) ('standing mountain') known for its onsen 温泉 (Hot springs) and the cobalt blue waters of Mikurigaike みくりが池.
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