But another view reveals the site of Mount Fuji’s last confirmed eruption, which began on December 16, 1707, during Japan’s Hoei era. The image of a tranquil Fuji became enshrined in ...

Researchers found evidence of six previously unknown major eruptions of majestic Mount Fuji between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. The discovery may lead to a review of conventional studies on ...

The greater Tokyo metropolitan area would effectively cease to function within hours of a full-scale eruption of Mount Fuji, according to the first government simulation of such an event in the ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a major eruption could spread as ...

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including, it's sometimes forgotten, the nation's largest active volcano. The last eruption was more than three centuries ago, but with every passing year ...

As a part of the Arakura Sengen Shrine, founded in 705, the land surrounding the pagoda was once covered in lava from the legendary volcanic eruption of Mount Fuji in 807. So not only will you be ...

Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been silent for over 300 years since the Hoei Eruption of 1707. Currently, there are no signs of an eruption. Historical records indicate, however, that Mount Fuji ...

Aokigahara Forest — also called Jukai, the Sea of Trees — sprawls for 12sq miles around Mount Fuji. Parts of it may be a millennium old. It sprouted after Fuji’s last major eruption in 864 ...

However, the 18th century, when the great Hoei eruption of Mount Fuji occurred, saw a lot of volcanic and seismic activity. A series of eruptions repeatedly caused substantial economic and ...