Local authorities hope the sight of “Costco Fuji” will attract visitors to the city. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

MINAMI-ALPS, Yamanashi: Many people are coming to see a soon-to-open giant Costco in Minami-Alps city in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, as from nearby, the view makes it look like Mount Fuji is ...

By the way, if you view Fuji from Gotemba you can see the crater on the side from the 1707 eruption. That was the largest vent but not the only one. It's referred to as the "Heie eruption". When Mt.

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One factor contributing to this is when many hikers aim to view the sunrise from the summit ... Yamanashi Prefecture, on the north side of Mount Fuji, began charging a 2,000-yen (about $13 ...

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