{"id":64454,"date":"2026-04-12T23:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64454"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:38:41","slug":"a-route-with-breathtaking-views-of-majestic-fuji-japans-sacred-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/12\/a-route-with-breathtaking-views-of-majestic-fuji-japans-sacred-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"A route with breathtaking views of majestic Fuji, Japan's sacred mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some mountains are so famous they need no introduction. One of them is in Japan, specifically on the island of Honshu.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/19\/a-pleasant-walk-along-the-beautiful-waterfall-trail-of-akameshijuhatsu-japan\/\">A pleasant walk along the beautiful waterfall trail of Akameshijuhatsu, Japan<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/09\/08\/the-hidden-waterfalls-and-shrines-in-the-beautiful-forests-of-eastern-tottori-japan\/\">The hidden waterfalls and shrines in the beautiful forests of eastern Tottori, Japan<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>At 3,776 meters above sea level, Mount Fuji is the highest peak in Japan<\/strong> and has been a sacred mountain in the country since ancient times. <strong>It is an active volcano, although the last eruption occurred in 1707.<\/strong> Its beautiful and majestic appearance is a source of awe, inspiration, and spirituality for the Japanese people.<\/p>\n<p>A month ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@aoi_videowalk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aoi Travel Video<\/a> <strong>published a lovely tour of some places near that mountain<\/strong> from which you can enjoy splendid views of Mount Fuji. <strong>A magnificent video with indescribably beautiful scenery.<\/strong> The video has English subtitles; you can activate them in the bottom bar of the player.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u3072\u3068\u308a\u65c5\u3011\u5c71\u68a8\u3067\u5bcc\u58eb\u5c71\u306e\u898b\u3048\u308b\u5834\u6240\u3092\u3072\u305f\u3059\u3089\u5de1\u3063\u305f\u65e5\u3002\u3010\u5c71\u68a8\u89b3\u5149\u3011\/ Japan travel, walking around Mount Fuji.\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJXHCRpkl5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots from this excellent video here. <strong>This is Honcho Street in Fujiyoshida<\/strong>, a city of about 53,000 inhabitants located near Mount Fuji. It must be wonderful to have these views every day when you leave home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55203561653_8f8c717189_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55203561653_4c265296b7_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The frozen surface of Lake Shoji.<\/strong> It is one of the Fuji Five Lakes, which give their name to a region located at the foot of that mountain, in Yamanashi Prefecture. In the video, you can hear the curious sound the ice makes as it breaks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55203809490_c1f585bda6_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55203809490_5b3e0711b4_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lake Motosu, seen from the Koan campsite.<\/strong> It's another of the Fuji Five Lakes. The video's creator camped there and shows footage of sunset and sunrise. It's one of the most beautiful parts of the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55202517962_093dbdf9f8_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55202517962_c78d004eba_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A bench on Lake Motosu.<\/strong> Possibly one of the best places in the world to sit and contemplate a landscape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55203561663_d9e6480556_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55203561663_4b7ea466b8_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some mountains are so famous they need no introduction. One of them is in Japan, specifically on the island of Honshu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16882],"tags":[26701,26696,18319,12880,26702,26700,26703],"class_list":["post-64454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forests-and-mountains","tag-fuji-five-lakes","tag-fujiyoshida","tag-honshu","tag-japan","tag-lake-motosu","tag-mount-fuji","tag-shoji-lake"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-02 00:05:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}