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Home > List of cultural assets that make up the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Site

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List of cultural assets that make up the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Site

There are a total of 25 locations in both Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures that make up the cultural assets of the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Site. In addition to Mt. Fuji itself, there are Shinto Shrines, lava tree molds and lakes in the area surrounding.

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There are several reasons why Fujisan (the Japanese moniker for Mt. Fuji) is known as the premier mountain in Japan – it is the highest peak in the land at 3,776m, and it has an unusually beautiful shape. Fujisan has the same striking appearance regardless of the direction one views it from; a remarkable natural symmetry that down the ages has been captured in song, verse and by famous artists in their paintings. >>Read more

1-1　Mountaintop worship sites

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The main crater consists of 8 “mine” (peaks), with the >>Read more

1-2 Omiya-Murayama Ascending Route (present Fujinomiya Ascending Route)

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This ascent of Fujisan starts with a relatively gentle slope. During the>>Read more

1-3 Suyama Ascending Route (present Gotemba Ascending Route)

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Compared with other routes up Fujisan, this route has fewer huts and the >>Read more

1-4 Subashiri Ascending Route

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Until the convergence with the Yoshida Ascending Route at the 8th >>Read more

1-5 Yoshida Ascending Route

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Currently this is the only route where climbers can walk directly >>Read more

1-6 Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine

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The vermillion torii gate and the entrance to the honden main hall of this shrine are >>Read more

1-7 Lake Saiko

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On the southern shore of Lake Saiko lies Aokigahara, otherwise known >>Read more

1-8 Lake Shojiko

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Lake Shojiko has the smallest surface area of the Fuji Five Lakes. >>Read more

1-9 Lake Motosuko

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The image reproduced on the back of the 1,000 yen bill is Fujisan as seen >>Read more

2 Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine

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This pond is fed by a source of snow- and ice-melt water that has passed through >>Read more

3 Yamamiya Sengen-jinja Shrine

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Past the torii gate surrounded by Japanese cedars, visitors >>Read more

4 Murayama Sengen-jinja Shrine

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Passing under the torii gates and climbing the stairs towards the shrine >>Read more

5 Suyama Sengen-jinja Shrine

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Since an influential feudal lord from the Takeda clan made an offering >>Read more

6 Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine (Subashiri Sengen-jinja Shrine)

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When the main shrine hall was restored in 2009, it was >>Read more

7 Kawaguchi Asama-jinja Shrine

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Passing through the first torii gate, visitors are met by a 45m-tall cedar >>Read more

8 Fuji Omuro Sengen-jinja Shrine

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Within the grounds of the Satomiya village shrine built on the banks >>Read more

9.10 “Oshi” Lodging House (Former House of the Togawa Family,House of the Osano Family)

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At their peak there were over 80 “Oshi” lodging houses, one of which was the main house >>Read more

11 Lake Yamanakako

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Lake Yamanakako is the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes, and is shaped like a whale when >>Read more

12 Lake Kawaguchiko

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Lake Kawaguchiko is the second largest in terms of area and has the longest shoreline of >>Read more

13～20 Oshino Hakkai springs

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The lava flows from a previous eruption event that happened a long time ago >>Read more

21 Funatsu lava tree molds

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The lava flow from Fujisan engulfed a tree and then set, leaving a tree-shaped >>Read more

22 Yoshida lava tree molds

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The lava flow from Fujisan engulfed a tree and then set, leaving a tree-shaped >>Read more

23 Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki

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After climbing up a long flight of stone steps, visitors can see stone monuments >>Read more

24 Shiraito no Taki waterfalls

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Located in the southwestern foothills of Fujisan, this waterfalls has its >>Read more

25 Mihonomatsubara pine tree grove

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Located 45km southwest of Fujisan’s peak, a lush forest of some 50,000 >>Read more

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