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Mount Tsukuba: The Mysterious Twin Peaks
The Japanese have revered the mountain since ancient times, as a sacred mountain akin to Mount Fuji. The mountain has a height of 877 meters. Mount Tsukuba, called Tsukuba-san in Japanese ...
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Observation deck to view Mt. Fuji opens in Fuefuki mountain pass
FUEFUKI, Yamanashi Prefecture--For those who never tire of the chance of panoramic views of Mount Fuji, a new observation ... The Fujiyama Twin Terrace, located at about 1,600 meters above ...
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Why there still isn't any snow on Japan's Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese ... who has researched the impact of global warming on snowpacks. Other famed peaks and mountain ranges, such as Mount Kilimanjaro in ...
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Lisa’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan/ Mount Fuji: Privately owned, publicly sacred peak that a ‘fool’ climbs twice
More often than not, this is followed with, “There’s a saying, ‘A wise person climbs Mount Fuji once, only a fool climbs it twice.’" I wonder what that makes me. A super fool? No ...