2007-02-05

Fuji san

Views of Mont Fuji:

The highest peak in Japan is also an active volcano. The last time its voice was heard was 1708.

On a clear day, Fuji-san as it is called in Japanese, is visible from Tokyo. This view is from the Ohtaku campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology:


..and this one from the top of a skyscrapper in Shinjuku:


On domestic flights to and from Tokyo, you can get a nice view of Mont Fuji if you are sitting on the correct side of the plane: