| abstract | - Mount Fuji, Fujisan in Japanese, is Japan's highest mountain rising to 3776 meters. In fact. Mount Fuji is a dormant volcono which last erupted in 1707. This is a perfectly shaped mountain and Japanese have been worshipping Mount Fuji for ages and a large volume of folklore has evolved about it ove a period of time. Presently it is a popular tourist destination and many people from Japan as well as from many other places of the world come here for sight seeing, as also for climbing the mountain. Mount Fuji is surrounded by five lakesm namely, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Sai, Lake Motosu and Lake Shoji. These five lakes and the nearby Lake Ashi provide excellent views of the mountain and its summit. Mount Fuji is a part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Mount Fuji has erupted sixteen times since 781 A.D. The crater of Fuji is 2,295 ft(700meter) across.
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