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FUJIYAMA (Mount Fuji) is a quiescent volcano and the highest mountain (alt. 12,388 ft.) of Japan, central Honshu, about 50 miles of Tokyo. Because of its beautiful symmetry and majesty, it is a favorite subject in Japanese art and literature. The word Fuji is believed to derive from the Ainu word meaning spirit of fire. In Fuji's last destructive eruption (1707-08) the surrounding provinces were covered with ashes to a depth of 10 feet in many places.
