Mt.Fuji

Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. It is 3776m high and between Yamanashi and Shizuoka.
Mt. Fuji is an active volcano. According to the record of the past, there were several eruptions, and the last one was in 1707.
The damage of it was terrible with many people killed, geography changed.

So it is said that there will be next eruption in the near future.
If so, Tokyo area would be seriously damaged.


Mt. Fuji is the symbol of Japan for its magnificence.
Mt. Fuji gives us energy and beautiful-mind.
I think that’s the one of the roots of Japanese mind.
Not everyone, but many people worship Mt. Fuji, either do I. I’d like to go up to the top of Mt. Fuji before I die.

Tsushima

In the next place, I want to go to Tsushima in Nagasaki.
Do you know where it is?
It lies just between Kyusyu and Korea, so Tsushima is the very border between Japan and Korea.


Tsushima is famous for its history and beautiful saw-toothed coastline and sea.
Tsushima has been through so many experiences as borderland
and now still facing crisis of being taken over by Korea.

It’s very interesting that you can see night view of Pusan from Tsushima.
There are more interesting places in Tsushima.
I would like to sea-kayak, visit shrines, so many!!!
But what I really want to do most is to see what is happening in Tsushima.
We have to protect our Tsushima.

Yakushima

NOW, Place I really want to go is Yakushima.
Everyone knows Yakushima, but you know where it is?!?!?!It is an island, lying a bit south of Kyusyu, west of Tanegashima, so it belongs to Kagoshima prefecture.

Yakushima became a World Heritage Site in 1993 as well as Himeji Jo in Hyogo, Horyuji in Nara and Shirakami Sanchi in Aomori and Akita.

Yakushima is famous for its mysterious nature and having been a scene of a movie, "Princess mononoke". In Yakushima, there are about 40 species endemic to Yakushima and many old trees, especially Japanese cedar, "Sugi" in Japanese. It is said that there is 72oo years old Japanese cedar, called Jomonsugi, among them. It's amazing! I think God lives there, protecting its nature. And Its sea is also beautiful and sea turtles lay eggs on its beach every year. Wonderful!

Uh........Yakushima calls me!

Test posting

I'm going to write about places in Japan I want to go in this blog.
I'm from Takarazuka in Hyogo, so I visited many places in Kansai area, such as Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and of course Hyogo, but I have not visited other areas that much......
Probably,everyone in this class is from differnt cities all over Japan.
If you know good places, plese let me know.