Mount Fuji, easily visible from Tokyo, is the highest mountain of Japan and one of the most recognizable mountains in the world.
Especially in winter, when its graceful cone is topped with a snow-covered peak, it is easy to see why Mount Fuji is one of the most loved symbols of Japan.
So much so that there [...]
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Climbers flock in record numbers to Mount Fuji in the summer of 2008.
It seems cities and towns around Mount Fuji are considering charging a small free from climbers of Mount Fuji to help in their environmental conservation efforts as 2008 saw record numbers of people climbing Japan’s highest mountain.
Led by Fujiyoshida Mayor Shigeru Horiuchi, the [...]
So what did you do during the Golden Week?
We had a choice: have a leisurely picnic at a nearby park or hike up a 2,400-meter mountain a hundred kilometers away. We didn’t need to think twice. After we made a final check on the weather, bought raincoats from Joyful Honda just in case and stuffed [...]
Mount Fuji picture shot near the Lake Tanuki in Fujinomiya City.
A few weeks ago, I went to Fujinomiya City (in Shizuoka Prefecture just south of Tokyo) with a couple of friends and drove around Mount Fuji to a lake and a waterfall. I have never seen the snow-capped Mount Fuji as close as I have [...]
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Pink Tentacle
- Macabre kids’ book art by Gojin IshiharaHere is a collection of wonderfully weird illustrations by Gōjin Ishihara, whose work graced the pages of numerous kids’ books in the 1970s. The first 16 images below appeared in the “Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters” (1972), which profiled supernatural creatures from Japanese legend. The other illustrations appeared in various educational and entertainment-oriented publications for [...]
Japan Probe
- Karuizawa CosplayAsahi TV reporters Sahel Rosa and Alain visit an antique photo studio in Karuizawa and try on some costumes: — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)
What Japan Thinks
- Working mothers in JapanHere is another very interesting survey from goo Research, a look at child-rearing and working. This is the second time the survey has been conducted, the first time being in December 2007, but I didn’t translate that one. Demographics Between the 24th and 29th of June 2010 exactly 1,000 members of the goo Research online [...]
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