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Official Tourism Website of Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture "Home of Mt.Fuji, Yamanashi" > Mt. Fuji > Scale

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Scale

Mt. Fuji is a typical cone form, and the most beautiful and the highest mountain in Japan.

Mt. Fuji is sacred mountain.

It is the second highest single mountain in the world.

sea level

3,776m(12,388ft)

It is as high as about 11 Tokyo towers( 333m).

Most of the Japanese mountains are lower than 1,000m.

21mountains are higher than 3,000m.

The second highest mountain is Mt. Kitadake:3192m.

There is a 584m gap between Mt. Fuji and Mt. Kitadake.

(it is about the same as 2 Tokyo towers.)

volume

1,400 cubic km.

1.1million Tokyo Domes (1240,000 cubic m)??

weight

100billion-ton.

It weights 1,7million Godzillas (60,000t) …….HAHAHA

location

Mt. Fuji is located between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures in the center of Japan.

It is 1,000km away from Asahikawa in Hokkaodo (in the north) and Kagoshima in Kyushu(in the shouth).

weather

Average Annual Temperature in the Foot of Mountain:10 degree Celsius (50 degrees F)

Average Annual Temperature on the Top :-6.8 degree Celsius(19.7 degrees F)

Average Temperature on the Top in midsummer:about 6 degree Celsius(42.8 degrees F)

It feels colder than the actual tempeature because of strong winds !

Sometimes in the winter temperature drops below -40 degree Celsius (-40 degrees F).