FUJIYAMA MOUNTAIN.pptx

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FUJIYAMA MOUNTAINPRESENTED BY :

Desi Putri Nawangsari (5213412032)

Dyan Sulys Tyaningsih (5213412035)Radinwangi Widowati N.D (5213412041)

Dimas Setiawan (5213412050)


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Mount Fuji located on Honshu Island, is the highest

mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). An activestratovolcano that last erupted in 170708, Mount Fujilies about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-west of Tokyo ,and can be seen from there on a clear day....

Do you know Mount Fuji ??


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....Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which issnow-capped several months a year, is a well-knownsymbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art andphotographs, as well as visited by sightseers andclimbers. It is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains"along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku; it is a SpecialPlace of Scenic Beauty, a Historic Site, and has beensubmitted for future inscription on the World Heritage

List as a Cultural (rather than Natural) Site.


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Mount Fuji is an attractive volcanic cone and a frequentsubject of Japanese art. Among the most renowned worksare Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji and his One HundredViews of Mount Fuji.

The first ascent by a foreigner was by Sir Rutherford Alcock in

September 1868, from the foot of the mountain to the top ineight hours and three hours for the descent.

Today, Mount Fuji is an international destination for tourismand mountain-climbing.In the early 20th century, populisteducator Frederick Starr's Chautauqua lectures about his

several ascents of Mount Fuji1913, 1919, and 1923werewidely known in America. A well-known Japanese sayingsuggests that anybody would be a fool not to climb MountFuji oncebut a fool to do so twice.

HISTORY OF FUJIYAMA MOUNTAIN


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1. ClimateThe temperature is very low at the high altitude, and thecone is covered by snow for several months of the year. Thelowest recorded temperature is 38.0 C recorded in

February 1981, and the highest temperature was 17.8 Crecorded in August 1942.2. AokigaharaThe forest at the north west base of the mountain is namedAokigahara. Folk tales and legends tell of demons, ghosts,and goblins haunting the forest, and in the 19th century,

Aokigahara was one of many places poor families abandonedthe very young and the very old. Aokigahara is the worldssecond most popular suicide location after San FranciscosGolden Gate Bridge. Since the 1950s, more than 500 peoplehave lost their lives in the forest.

CHARACTERISTICS OF FUJIYAMAMOUNTAIN


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3. Adventuring

A. Transportation

The closest airport with scheduled international service isMt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport. It opened in June 2009. It isabout 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Mount Fuji. The majorinternational airports serving Tokyo, Tokyo InternationalAirport (Haneda Airport) in Tokyo and Narita International

Airport in Chiba, are hours from Mount Fuji.


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B. Climbing Routes

Approximately 300,000 people climbed Mount Fuji in 2009. Themost popular period for people to hike up Mount Fuji is from Julyto August, while huts and other facilities are operating. Buses tothe fifth station start running on 1 July. Climbing from October toMay is very strongly discouraged, after a number of high-profiledeaths and severe cold weather. Most Japanese climb the

mountain at night in order to be in a position at or near the summitwhen the sun rises. The morning sunshine is called "Goraik"whichmeans "honourable arrival of light".


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C. Paragliding

Paragliders take off in the vicinity of the fifth station

Gotemba parking lot, between Subashiri and Hei-zanpeak on the south side from the Mountain, in additionto several other locations depending on wind direction.Several paragliding schools use the wide sandy/grassyslope between Gotenba and Subashiri parking lots as atraining hill.


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