[A Travel Magazine Editor’s Insider Guide]
Don’t dismiss Yamanashi as just another rural area!
This prefecture, home to Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji, is brimming with surprises and contradictions.
What you think you know might not apply here.
Mount Fuji: The Truth You Didn’t Know
Did you know the Mt. Fuji depicted on the 1,000 yen banknote is actually viewed from the Yamanashi side?
And that Yamanashi residents staunchly believe their view of Fuji is the most beautiful?
Even more astonishing is the peculiar fact that Japan’s highest peak, the summit of Mt. Fuji, doesn’t actually belong to any prefecture.
And that this seemingly solitary, independent mountain is, strictly speaking, part of a “volcanic complex.”
This is just the beginning.
