Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji

is the highest mountain in Japan at . An active stratovolcano 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 is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and...

 is the tallest volcano in Japan.

The mountain as it appears now is the "New Fuji volcano", which began to erupt about 10,000 years ago. Under the "New Fuji volcano" lie the "Komitake volcano", which became active 700,000 years ago, and the "Old Fuji volcano", which was active between 100,000 years ago and 10,000 years ago.
There has been much volcanic activity in the vicinity of Mount Fuji for several million years.