“霧時雨富士山を見ぬ日面白き.” Kirishigure/ Fuji wo minu hi zo/ omoshiroki. In the misty rain/ Mount Fuji is veiled all day/ ㄧhow intriguing! - Matsuo Basho (松尾 芭蕉). Mount Fuji, located about 60 miles from Tokyo on Honshu Island, is the most climbed mountain in the world. This volcano is still classified as active by geologists, although its last eruption took place in 1707. On the northern slopes of Mount Fuji- also known as Fuji- san, Fujiyama, or Fuji no Yama by locals- lie the Fuji Five Lakes, which include Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Sai, Lake Shoji, and Lake Motosu, all formed by the damming effects of lava flows. Mount Fuji is also widely associated with religious practices and Japanese culture. Aokigahara, also known as the Sea of Trees or …show more content…
Mount Fuji’s foothills are filled with temples and shrines of the Shinto, Buddhist, and Confucian religions. Shinto, a traditional faith of the Japanese, is centered around the belief that kami reside in nature: places such as rivers, mountains, trees, wind, animals, etc. Climbing the mountain is also considered a religious practice, though women were not allowed to climb it until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Sometime in the 15th century CE, a myth developed in which Mount Fuji was associated with a princess named Konohanasakuya- hime, and so she became the goddess of Mount Fuji. The most important Shinto shrine is the Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, founded in 806 CE and famous for the “500 cherry trees which blossom each April” (Cartwright, Mount Fuji) in Hanami season. The shrine was built in order to appease the anger of Fujisan after the eruptions. The word hanami means “Cherry blossom viewing” or “flower viewing season” in English, and it is the period of time in spring where the sakura trees are in full bloom. Mount Fuji is of great spiritual value to the Japanese and other people with similar …show more content…
These lakes include Kawaguchiko, Saiko, Yamanakako, Shojiko, and Motosuko. Fujigoko is known as a lake resort area, and is one of the best places to view Mount Fuji from a close distance. For the average foreign tourist, Lake Kawaguchiko offers the most to see and do. This resort also has an amusement park: Fuji-Q Highland, which contains some record breaking roller coasters and elaborate, anime-themed rides and other attractions. Just outside of the park is a onsen (hot spring) facility- Fujiyama Onsen. There are many more attractions in the Fujigoko, including museums, festivals, shrines/temples, and restaurants. The Chureito Pagoda is a five story pagoda overlooking Fujiyoshida and Mount Fuji. Depending on the season, this pagoda offers spectacular views of Mount Fuji in combination with the architecture. During the cherry blossom season in mid- April and the “autumn color season which usually takes place in the first half of November” (Japan-guide.com) the spot is particularly popular with photographers and tourists. Finally, restaurants. Hoto noodles is the most famous local noodle place, using a type of noodle made of thick wheat noodles. While they might resemble udon noodles, hoto noodles are prepared like dumplings, giving a richer flavor to the dish. The soup is traditionally a miso based broth with vegetables and pumpkin added for flavor. Offering hotels and ryokans, amusement parks
Mt Fuji is a symbol of Japan: contributing to physical, cultural and spiritual representation of Japan. Fuji is also known as one of the three ‘holy’ mountains along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku Fuji stands 3776 meters (12380 feet). It’s still an active stratovolcano and sits on a triple junction of tectonic movement. Fuji is approximately 100km (62 miles) from the largest city and the capital of Japan, which is Tokyo. The last time Fuji erupted which was between 1707 and 1708, volcanic ash fell on Tokyo. Lately the volcano has experienced a rise in popularity from Japanese locals, tourists and artists. Around 2000 and 2001 Japan experienced seismic activity under the volcano and levels were slightly higher than usual, uplifting the concern for the reawakening of the volcano.
Shinto followers believe that the waterfall is the home of the mountain kami spirits, or gods. Many also believe that the Nachi Waterfall is the central part of all supernatural power and kami in the Kumano Mountain. Near the base of the water, the Kumano Nachi Grand shrine was built in order to worship the local kami. Ancient legends of Shinto also describe how kami from all over Japan would come to the Nachi Waterfall to purify themsleves every year.
Mauna Loa is Earth’s largest volcano and most massive mountain as it takes up nearly half of the flourishing landscape of the island of Hawai’i. This island is actually made up of five volcanoes, Kohala, Mauna Kea, Hualalai, Mauna Loa, and Kilauea, all in such close proximity that they fused together to form one whole island. Mauna Loa is located in the south central area of Hawai’i, in the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park and its coordinates are 19°5' N, 155°6' W. It is 13,680 ft above sea level, but if one measures from its true base on the ocean floor, it is estimated to be 30,080 feet tall. Its name is quite fitting as it means “Tall Mountain”.
Mount Bona and Mount Churchill is one of the greatest mountains in Alaska. Also it is the fifth highest independent peak in the United States. The eruption occurred around 800 AD in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Alaska, U.S. This two volcanoes is more than 15,000 feet high, and permanently covered with ice and snow. Also 1250 years ago, Mount Churchill erupted which blew the lid off the mountain, and carried the ash into the southwest Yukon. It called White River Ash, and it covers almost 600,000 square kilometers in Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. If you was closer to the volcano you will be dead because the ash can be 60cm thick. This is very dangerous. Do you know that Mount Bona named by Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi in 1897.
1. 1. Mount Unzen, erupted in 1972. Its located in Japan near the Shimabara Peninsula. The earthquake accompanied by an eruption, triggered the collapse of the lava dome. Which then created lava deposits, that created a landslide. The landslide went through the nearby city of Shimabara. Then out to sea, creating a tsunami that tore through two cities and back to Shimabara. Approximately 15,000 people was killed, making it the deadliest volcano in Japan's history. Many of the deaths are due to the tsunami. The eruption caused Plants, animals and aquatic life to be threatened. However, Japans soil is rich, therefore the plants can grow back quickly. Other dangerous effect of this volcano are due to the ash that the wind carries to nearby countries and cities. When the ashes are inhaled it may cause illnesses.
‘Fuji-yama, the sacred mountain, refuge of mysterious legends and of ancient naturalist dreams, rises up in the coolness of blue mornings and in the gold of evening… Japanese art never a more sustained contemplation of a theme; never did its painters approach nature with such solemnity.’(Focillon, 1914 cited in Bouquillard, 2007) As this quote shows Mount Fuji has been taken a significant position to Japanese culture and people’s life. Hokusai’s ‘Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province’ is one of the series of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which is a woodblock prints of merchant culture in Edo Period. ‘Mt. Fuji’ by Kanō Tanʼyū is a six panel folding screen which had practical and decorative functions and often used in samurai culture. This essay
The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is about 30 miles southwest of Hilo. It is on the big island of Hawaii. This park is the home of Kilauea Volcano. Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes on earth. The chance to see this creation and destruction makes this park one of the most visited National Parks in the United States.
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The Shinto religion is not a spiritual faith but more of a ritualistic way of life. Shinto or way of the gods, was not an established uniform religion until the 6th century c.e. after Buddhism was introduced into Japan through Korea in 538 c.e. However, the Shinto faith begins over a thousand years earlier around 660 b.c. when the world was still pure chaos. The two deities responsible for bringing order were Izanagi and his wife Izanami. They lowered a jeweled spear into the ocean and when they removed the spear 4 drops fell from the tip of the spear, which fell and formed the main islands of Japan. It was on this new paradise, where they decided to live and continue to create other gods and deities. Unlike Christianity or Buddhism, there is no founder or known true origins. However, the creation myth of the Shinto faith is written in the Kojiki (712 c.e.). In the Kojiki, the solar goddess Amaterasu-no-Omikami is born from the eyes of Izanagi. Amaterasu’s descendants will be told to be the high ruler of all Japan. Emperor Jimmu then becomes the first human ruler of Japan. This line is still in power to this day.
Over the centuries, the making of the Big Island as we know it today eventually entailed the growth and conjoining of six separate volcanoes, building all the way up from the seafloor, some 18,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. These volcanoes, from northwest to southeast, are named Mahukona, Kohala, Mauna Kea, Hualalai, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, and become younger as one moves north to south. Mahukona Volcano, just off the Big Island’s northwest coast, was the first volcano to start forming. Now submerged beneath the surface of the ocean because it is sinking into the Earth’s crust under its own vast weight, Mahukona is no longer visible. As the Pacific Plate slowly continued moving northwestward over the hotspot, the location of the rising magma moved relatively southeastward, and through time the rest of the Big Island volcanoes formed along that path.After Mahukona, Kohala Volcano, the precursor to today’s Kohala Mountain, erupted next. As Kohala Volcano emerged from the sea and joined with Mahukona, a much larger Big
Volcanoes. The naturally forming landforms that can look remarkably beautiful. Gentle slopes, or high rising heights with snow caps and greenery that seems to attract many tourists and sightseers around the world. These magnificent landforms can also cause major destruction and can produce forces that can explode, burn, and create a great deal of damage. Two of these extravagant wonders of the world is the Mount Saint Helens composite volcano in Washington, US, and the Mauna Loa shield volcano in Hawaii, US. These landforms have a eruption history of many colors. One has a great power in eruption, but another has a eruption that is quiet and gentle. In comparing these two volcanoes there are many likes, and dislikes, to consider. So the following
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke is a development of Japanese animation that can be seen as a romantic fable of two characters that were brought together through one cause; however, Miyazaki’s film can be seen as a Japanese cultural production. It is seen as a cultural production because it shows elements of Shinto through the Kami and the use of water for purification, as well as the female stereotype reversal that was quite dominant in the time of the Heian period. The characters in Princess Mononoke interact with the kami (gods or spirits) when they are in sacred sites or areas that assist in the contact. In Princess Mononoke, the mountain is the place where the characters make contact with the kami, which is their Shinto shrine because “originally there was no shrine building; rather, a shrine was simply a sacred precinct set apart in a certain area or around a sacred object such as a tree or stone” (Earhart, 1982, 34-35).
In Japan one of the most celebrated festivals is New Years. The Japanese New Year, or Oshogatsu (‚¨³ŒŽ), is given more preparation than any other festival. There are many traditions and activities that happen at this time. Oshogatsu is a time to visit temples, forget the troubles of the past year, and wish for good fortune in the new. Many festivals around this time also reflect the values and ideals of New Years.
Mount Vesuvius is a volcano located in southern Italy, near the bay of Naples and the city of Naples. It is the only active volcano on the European mainland. Vesuvius rises to a height of 1277 m (4190 ft). Vesuvio (Vesuvius) is probably the most famous volcano on earth, and is one of the most dangerous.