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Must See

MOUNT FUJI IN ART
With its graceful, almost
symmetrical form, its
changing appearance
with the seasons, and
its dominance over the
landscape, Mount Fuji
has always been a pop­
ular subject for artists.
The mountain features
in various ukiyo­e,
including Katsushika
Hokusai’s Thirty-Six
Views of Mount Fuji
(1830–32), and Fifty-
Three Stages of the
Tokaido (1833–4), by
Hiroshige. In other arts,
Mount Fuji is ech oed in
decorative motifs, for
instance on kimonos,
Climbers in wood carvings, and
around the even in the shape of
torii (gate) at the window frames.
mountain’s summit

The Shiraito waterfalls on
the Fujinomiya trail, a five­
hour trek from the 5th stage
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