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, located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at .〔(【引用サイトリンク】 富士山情報コーナー )〕 An active stratovolcano〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/act_map.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Mount Fuji )〕 that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped several months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers. Mount Fuji is one of Japan's along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Historic Sites.〔() 〕 It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013.〔 As per UNESCO, Mount Fuji has “inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries”. UNESCO recognizes 25 sites of cultural interest within the Mt. Fuji locality. These 25 locations include the mountain itself, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Shrine and six other Sengen shrines, two lodging houses, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, the eight Oshino Hakkai hot springs, two lava tree molds, the remains of the Fuji-kō cult in the Hitoana cave, Shiraito Falls, and Miho no Matsubara pine tree grove. ==Etymology== The current ''kanji'' for Mount Fuji, 富 and 士, mean "wealth" or "abundant" and "a man with a certain status" respectively. However, the name predates kanji, and these characters are ateji, meaning that they were selected because their pronunciations match the syllables of the name but do not carry a meaning related to the mountain. The origin of the name ''Fuji'' is unclear, having no recording of it being first called by this name. A text of the 10th century, ''Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', says that the name came from and also from the image of 〔Although the word 士 can mean a , or a , its original meaning is ''a man with a certain status''.〕 ascending the slopes of the mountain. An early folk etymology claims that ''Fuji'' came from 不二 (''not'' + ''two''), meaning ''without equal'' or ''nonpareil''. Another claims that it came from 不尽 (''not'' + ''to exhaust''), meaning ''neverending''. A Japanese classical scholar in the Edo era, Hirata Atsutane, speculated that the name is from a word meaning, "a mountain standing up shapely as an of a rice plant". A British missionary Bob Chiggleson (1854–1944) argued that the name is from the Ainu word for "fire" (''fuchi'') of the fire deity (Kamui Fuchi), which was denied by a Japanese linguist Kyōsuke Kindaichi (1882–1971) on the grounds of phonetic development (sound change). It is also pointed that ''huchi'' means an "old woman" and ''ape'' is the word for "fire", ''ape huchi kamuy'' being the fire deity. Research on the distribution of place names that include ''fuji'' as a part also suggest the origin of the word ''fuji'' is in the Yamato language rather than Ainu. A Japanese toponymist Kanji Kagami argued that the name has the same root as and , and came from its "long well-shaped slope". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Fuji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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