BALADES et VOYAGES

Le Mont Fuji au Japon  ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Le mont Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) est une montagne du centre du Japon qui se trouve sur la côte sud de l'île de Honshū, au sud-ouest de l'agglomération de Tokyo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Avec 3 776 mètres d'altitude, il est le point culminant du Japon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Situé dans une région où se rejoignent les plaques tectoniques pacifique, eurasienne et philippine, la montagne est un stratovolcan toujours considéré comme actif, sa dernière  jproduite fin 1707, bien que le risque éruptif soit actuellement considéré comme faible.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

À son sommet a été construit un observatoire météorologique et malgré les conditions climatiques rigoureuses, la montagne est une destination extrêmement populaire en particulier pour les Japonais, qu'ils soient shintoïstes ou bouddhistes, en raison de sa forme caractéristique et du symbolisme religieux traditionnel qu'il représente.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Il a ainsi été le sujet principal ou le cadre de nombreuses œuvres artistiques, notamment picturales au cours des siècles. Pourtant, cette fréquentation fragilise l'environnement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Aussi, le 22 juin 2013, il est inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO sous le titre « Fujisan, lieu sacré et source d'inspiration artistique ».