• Key Information

  • Mount Fuji

  • Type
    Volcano (Statovolcano)
  • Height (Elevation)
    12,389.3 to 12,395.8 ft
  • Height (Prominence)
    12,388 ft
  • First Ascent (Climb)
    663 CE by En no Odzunu
  • Last Eruption
    December 16, 1707 (Hōei eruption)
  • Learning Point
  • Mount Fuji is one of the most perfectly formed volcanoes on Earth, and probably one of the most iconic. It's almost perfectly conical shape is the result of thousands of years of activity, though it about 300 years since it last erupted.
  • Project
  • Draw a picture of Mount Fuji.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, Japan
  • Fun Facts
  • Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, over 12,300 ft tall.
  • The last eruption of Mount Fuji was in 1707/1708.
  • The first woman to climb Mount Fuji was in 1832, Tatsu Takayama, after a ban on women climbing the mountain was lifted. The ban was there because the mountain is viewed as sacred.
  • A well-known Japanese saying suggests that a wise person will climb Mount Fuji once in their lifetime, but only a fool would climb it twice.