SCAPES Tranquil Stays Under Mount Fuji

By Daniel de Bomford   A stone’s throw from the bustle of Tokyo, where the concrete jungle gives way to the pristine hues of ocean blue, lies Hayama. Along the cedar-lined shores of this sleepy village stands SCAPES THE SUITE, a four-room lodging by Positive Dream Persons that nurtures a weary mind, body and soul, [...]
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Hokusai. Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.

Hokusai. Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. This book, from Taschen, looks amazing. Bound in Japanese style, it’s a reproduction of Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, a collection of woodblock prints of which the most famous is the Great Wave. The prints illustrate Hokusai’s own obsession with Mount Fuji as well as the flou…
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102-year-old man crowned oldest person to climb Mount Fuji

A 102-year-old Japanese man earned major bragging rights, as he officially became the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji. I was really tempted to give up halfway through,” Kokichi Akuzawa told The …
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Mount Fuji, that exalted iconic volcano, up close and personal.

I stayed in the sleepy town of Fujiyoshida for the first time this week. Crisp fresh air. Rivers so clear you feel like you could breathe them. The symbol of a nation always looming on the horizon.

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