🏛️ Fujisan (Mount Fuji)

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Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of 3,776.24 m. It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island, and the seventh-highest peak of an island on Earth. Mount Fuji last erupted from 1707 to 1708.

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Fujisan (Mount Fuji) is a cultural World Heritage site in Japan, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Fujisan (Mount Fuji) was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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