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  • noun an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages

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Examples

  • This gentleman was peculiarly fortunate to recall Fujisan, and the orange orchards -- and the girl. "

    At the Sign of the Eagle Gilbert Parker 1897

  • This gentleman was peculiarly fortunate to recall Fujisan, and the orange orchards -- and the girl. "

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • The uppermost portion of the peak belongs to the Fujisan Hongu Sengentaisha shrine, having been granted the title in perpetuity by the Shogun in 1609.

    9 Smashing Trivia Bits on Japan's Mount Fuji 2008

  • The uppermost portion of the peak belongs to the Fujisan Hongu Sengentaisha shrine, having been granted the title in perpetuity by the Shogun in 1609.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • The U.S. Navy had taken over a number of resort hotels on the east side of Japan, the most beautiful and luxurious of these “R&R camps” being the Fujiya Hotel, in the cool shadow of magnificent Mount Fuji Fujiyama or Fujisan to the Japanese.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • The U.S. Navy had taken over a number of resort hotels on the east side of Japan, the most beautiful and luxurious of these “R&R camps” being the Fujiya Hotel, in the cool shadow of magnificent Mount Fuji Fujiyama or Fujisan to the Japanese.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • The U.S. Navy had taken over a number of resort hotels on the east side of Japan, the most beautiful and luxurious of these “R&R camps” being the Fujiya Hotel, in the cool shadow of magnificent Mount Fuji Fujiyama or Fujisan to the Japanese.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • The U.S. Navy had taken over a number of resort hotels on the east side of Japan, the most beautiful and luxurious of these “R&R camps” being the Fujiya Hotel, in the cool shadow of magnificent Mount Fuji Fujiyama or Fujisan to the Japanese.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • The snowy dome of Fujisan reddening in the sunrise rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama Harbour on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan — a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • Buddhist bishop and priests entertained us in one of the guest-rooms, and to Enoshima and Kamakura, “vulgar” resorts which nothing can vulgarise so long as Fujisan towers above them.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

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