What is their to do at Mount Fuji?

Question

I know their is hiking, best done around July, and that their are hotsprings, outdoor activities and such at the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, but what els is their? And how much does any of this stuff cost or is it free? I am not going to Tokyo, just Mount Fuji. Also does anyone know what kind of volcano it is or any cool volcano facts about it? Thanks. ^__^

I've heard that Mount Rainier is its sister volcano and that they are similar. Which is better? Mount Fuji or Mount Rainier?

Answer 1

Besides climbing Mount Fuji you can take a cruise on Lake Ashi which is a delightful cruise aboard a large sightseeing boat. You can also ride an aerial cableway up and down Mt.Komagatake for a sweeping view of beautiful Hakone National Park. There are many hotsprings in the area which will cost between 500-1000 Yen.

Answer 2

If you are an environmentalist, you can join the squads that climb up Fuji-san and clean up the mess that people leave there Things like computers, Fridge, paper, cans, books, mags, blankets, garbage, sanitary napkins, condoms, coke cans, whiskey bottles and more. Fuji is beautiful, it's not only the tourists but some of the Japanese themselves who leave it filthy. Fuji-san is dormant. Just go! it is beautiful beyond words.

Answer 3

super question, because of the fact it is somewhat complicated. the biggest subduction happening close to Japan is needless to say the Pacific plate, forming the Izu-Bonin trench and the Izu-Bonin volcanic arc. needless to say the Izu-Bonin are isn't super sufficient to pop up as an island arc, yet particular sufficient it rather is there below water. This arc is on the north moving Phillippine plate this is subducting immediately below Japan. Japan itself is the consequent volcanic arc from this subduction. curiously the Izu-Bonin arc (that's on the Phillippine plate) does not choose to subduct with something of the plate because of the fact it rather is way less dense than the extremely-mafic ocean crust of the plate itself, and it is merely slamming into the factor of Japan, and it is especially plenty on the element the place the Izu-Bonin arc is making an attempt to subduct below Japan, that Mt. Fuji seems. This has all sorts of iplications on the magma chemistry that style the volcanics of Mt. Fuji, because it is not a common island arc subduction zone.