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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.
Because the castle was small or may have been used for a short time in centuries past, the name of the castle is often lost to history, such as the "Shiroyama" at Sekigahara, Gifu Prefecture, or the "Shiroyama" between Lake Shōji and Lake Motosu near Mount Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture. In such cases, locals might not be aware there ever was a ...
In Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, in the Sengoku period, the lake has a mountain castle led by a daiyōkai Princess Kaguya, as according to Akitoki Hōjō that a saying a priest told his family once that the castle in the lake is "unreachable by mortals", and Inuyasha's Robe of the Fire-rat as fire is in this lake to undo Monk Miyatsu's seal to free Kaguya out of ...
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.
The shrine celebrated the 1200th anniversary of its foundation in 2006. In 2013, it was included in the World Heritage Site designation for Mount Fuji [6] The shrine is located about ten-minutes on foot from Fujinomiya Station on the JR Central Minobu Line. [7] Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha Oku-no-miya at summit of Mount Fuji (富士山頂上奥宮)
There are three-thousanders in the following regions: . The independent peaks of Mount Fuji and Mount Ontake.; In the Hida Mountains ("Northern Alps") are Mount Okuhotaka, Mount Yari, Mount Karasawa, Mount Kitahotaka, Mount Ōbami, Mount Maehotaka, Mount Naka, Mount Minami, Mount Norikura and Mount Tate.
Aokigahara is located near Mount Fuji, in Yamanashi Prefecture. Aokigahara has been referred to in numerous forms of entertainment and documentary media, including anime and manga , films, literature, music lyrics and video games; a drama - mystery film, The Sea of Trees (2015), takes place in the forest, as does American screenwriter Jason ...
Fuji Five Lakes (富士五湖, Fuji-goko) is the name of the area located at the base of Mount Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan. It has a population of about 100,000 [1] and sits about 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) above sea level. [2] The five lakes created in the area by previous eruptions of Mount Fuji has given the area its name. [3]