Mount Fuji - Summit Region

The summit region of Fuji consists of the crater, known as the Naiin ("shrine") with a diameter of 550yds/ 500m.

The crater rim is formed by eight peaks - Kengamine, Hakusan (or Shaka), Kusushi, Dainichi (or Asahi), Izu, Joju (or Seishigadake), Komagatake and Mishimadake. From Kengamine there are two variants of the route round the crater (ohachi-meguri). Easier than the steep direct route along the crest is the shorter (2mi/ 3.5km) path round the inner rim of the crater.

To the north of Komagatake at the end of the Fujinomiya route, stands the Sengen Shrine, and a short distance east on the outer flank of the crater is the Gimmeisui Spring ("silver-shimmering water"). Near the shrine can be found a post office, and there is also a telephone service. A few hundred yards west is the weather station, where meteorologist Nonaka Itaru, recorded his first observations in 1895. At the foot of the Hakusan peak, on the north side of the crater, rises the Kimmeisui Spring ("golden-shimmering water"). From the summit there are the extensive views, taking in almost the whole of mainland Japan.